Commuter train to Washington may be in Delaware's distant future

Shane Brennan
Delaware News Journal

• A long-term expansion plan for Maryland's MARC commuter train includes plans for service to Wilmington.
• The Wilmington part of the plan is the "unconstrained" plan, which assumes there will be enough resources and collaboration to do it.
• The long-term plan comes amid the looming threat of complete SEPTA cuts to Delaware trains.

Delaware's commuter rail service is in danger. However, a new train may be arriving.

But it won't be anytime soon. The Maryland Transit Administration and its MARC commuter rail released a long-term plan in June that includes potential train service from Wilmington, through Baltimore, all the way to Washington, D.C. The "unconstrained" version of the plan – without financial or other limits – includes an expansion of MARC's Penn Line past Perryville, Maryland, through Cecil County, Maryland, and into Newark and Wilmington.

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