The Yellow Line is a

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line proposed by the Baltimore Regional Rail Plan in March 2002 for the

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area. It would begin at Columbia Town Center in

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, and end in Hunt Valley, Maryland at Shawan Road.

Original vision

As originally envisioned by the plan, the Yellow Line would conjoin with the existing

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at the BWI Business District Station, and remain connected until

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, where the two lines would spur to create a loop around

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. In this small loop, the lines would both contain the stations of: Inner Harbor, Charles Center, Mt. Vernon, and Pennsylvania Station. At Penn Station, the Yellow Line would again split towards the north going through the neighborhoods of

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, Waverly, Govanstown, Belvedere Square, and

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. The Yellow Line would again meet up with the existing light rail line at the

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. The lines would again conjoin until the northern terminus of Hunt Valley. Another station in the Yellow Line system was proposed for Texas, Maryland.Baltimore Region Rail System Plan
Advisory Committee Report, March 2002.

Current status

The future for the Yellow Line proposal seems doubtful, as only two proposed rail lines were included in the "final" Baltimore Regional Rail System Plan: the Red Line and the Green Line. In the current Baltimore Regional Transit Map, yellow designates a branch from the existing Baltimore Light Rail line to the Cromwell Station in Glen Burnie, Maryland. The branches to Hunt Valley (north) and BWI Airport (south) are designated with the color blue.Baltimore Regional Transit Map
MTA Maryland. Retrieved 2010-08-26 In summer 2013, a representative of the privately funded TU Foundation expressed interest at a public meeting in the idea of a suggested partnership between the foundation and local companies to build a short piece of the line near Towson University. That small line, designated as the "Towson Trolley" was informally presented as only covering Towson-area destinations (including St. Joseph's Hospital, Towson University, downtown Towson and Lutherville Station, where it was pitched as terminating). Despite being presented as a short-line trolley, the plan as presented emphasized track compatibility in order to allow future expansion. , however, no public-record mention of the plan appears to have occurred for more than a year.

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MTA MarylandCentral Maryland Transportation Alliance
{{MTA Maryland Maryland Transit Administration Proposed public transportation in Maryland Transportation in Baltimore Proposed railway lines in Maryland

Original vision

Current status

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