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Meet Frank. Better known by his full name of Francis Scott Key, he is a long time resident of Maryland. A lawyer by trade, Frank considers himself to be a fair poet and a patriot. When not working pro bono cases for prisoner releases he can be found eating Bertha's Mussels, enjoying a dark -n- stormy, or rooting for his beloved Ravens in section 115.

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I've seen the light rail going through some parts of downtown. Can you tell me what parts of Baltimore are accessible from it?

-Dan J

I am so glad you asked about this Dan. The Light Rail provides a favored alternative to congested downtown traffic.The Maryland Transit Authority operates the Light Rail Service, which broadly speaking runs on a single line moving North to South.

The Light Rail begins in North Glen Burnie at Cromwell Station. The line continues North through Ferndale, Linthicum, Baltimore Highlands, Cherry Hill, Westport, and Hamburg street which is the first stop downtown. The Service continues North through Central Baltimore where it crosses into Baltimore County with the Lutherville stop being the first North of the city. The light rail continues North through several stops until it reaches the end of the main line at Hunt Valley.

In addition to the main line, there are two notable spurs which take passengers to the Baltimore / Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Penn Station respectively. Fare and schedule information can be found in the links above, as well as a map of the various light rail stations.

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