Rail Line

As of 9 a.m., traffic was slow on Route 295 southbound at Route 195 in Anne Arundel County, due to an accident involving three vehicles. Debris in the road was slowing traffic on Falls Road near Shawan Road in Baltimore County. The Maryland Transit Administration is warning passengers to expect delays on the light rail line from Cromwell to Hunt Valley. The 9:28 a.m. trip from Cromwell has been canceled. Light rail service is suspended between the Timonium and Hunt Valley stations due to construction work.

As of 9 a.m. Friday, traffic was slow on I-83 southbound near Old Pimlico Road, due to an accident. Accidents were slowing traffic on Route 100 westbound near Oakwood Road in Anne Arundel County and Putty Hill Avenue and Goucher Boulevard in Baltimore County. Light rail service is suspended between the Timonium and Hunt Valley stations due to construction work. A shuttle bus service is available instead. Otherwise, there were no major delays reported on Baltimore area transit systems.

As of 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, traffic was slow on U.S. 50 westbound at Ritchie Highway, due to an accident involving five vehicles. Accidents were slowing traffic on I-95 southbound near O'Donnell Street in Baltimore City, the inner loop of I-695 at I-83 in Baltimore County, the outer loop of I-695 near Edmondson Avenue in Baltimore County, and Belair Road at Putty Hill Avenue in Baltimore County. The Maryland Transit Administration is warning patrons of the Central Maryland light rail system that it is experiencing service delays between Hunt Valley and the Cromwell and BWI Thurgood Marshall airport stops.

COLLEGE PARK - Proposed construction on the Purple Line will not begin for at least another three years, but some local school leaders are concerned as state and county planners work to finalize a route. Under the current plan, the 16-mile light rail line will impact four middle and elementary schools in Prince George's and Montgomery County. While the Purple Line is welcome news to many drivers who commute along the heavily congested east-west corridor daily, parents and principals worry about student safety and school property space.

Two freight trains collided shortly after 2 a.m. Friday while attempting to maneuver the rail line inside a CSX yard in Jessup, Howard County fire officials said. Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services responded to the 8400 block of Dorsey Run Road for reports of a train derailment at approximately 2:10 a.m., officials said. The conductors were the only two people on board at the time of the accident, and there were no injuries reported, according to officials.

Shuttered since early 2011, Sanders ' Corner will be reopening, it looks like. The Loch Raven landmark on Cromwell Bridge Road is in new hands, scouts report.  The scouts happen to be members of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Historical Society , who have been concerned about memorabilia inside Sanders' Corner relating to the rail  line fondly remembered as the Ma & Pa - the line's Loch Raven Station, destroyed by fire...

As of 9 a.m. Friday, traffic was slow on the inner loop of I-695 near Harford Road, due to an accident involving two vehicles. An accident was slowing traffic at Monument Street and Washington Street in Baltimore City. The Maryland Transit Administration is warning light rail system patrons to expect minor delays from Hunt Valley to the Cromwell and BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport stops.

As of 9 a.m. Tuesday, traffic was slow on the inner loop of I-695 at Route 97 in Anne Arundel County, due to an accident involving two vehicles. Traffic was slow near Annapolis Boulevard and W. Patapsco Avenue in Anne Arundel County, due to a large pothole. Debris in the road was slowing traffic on U.S. 50 eastbound at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. The Maryland Transit Administration is advising light rail system patrons to expect delays of 15 to 20 minutes from Hunt Valley to the Cromwell or BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport stops.

On a recent Saturday morning, I had an opportunity to ride Amtrak north from Baltimore to Philadelphia. I had not been on a train in something like 13 years, and I was interested to see how I would view the places in Harford and Cecil counties along the rail line from a different perspective. Crossing Bush River into Perryman, I was surprised to see very little had changed, or at least I had that feeling. Other than a few new industrial buildings here and there, and some new homes near the water at Forest Greens, the area looked open and much of it is still being farmed.