MARC reports train ridership surge in May
The price of gas has been on the rise — and so has the daily ridership on MARC trains.
The average daily ridership on MARC trains in the month of May reached 32,604, up 6 percent compared with May 2007, according to the Maryland Transit Administration.
May marked the fifth month since January that daily ridership averaged more than 30,000 passengers.
MARC's Penn Line, which runs between Perryville and Washington, D.C., was the most traveled line last month with an average of 20,414 daily passengers. That was a 4.3 percent increase from April.
The Camden Line, running between Baltimore and D.C., saw a 10.9 percent uptick with 4,466 average daily boardings.
The Brunswick Line, which travels from West Virginia through Frederick and Montgomery counties to D.C, carried 7,724 daily passengers, an 8.2 percent increase creditscore 500 fast cash.
The MARC train operates a 203-mile, 42-station network between D.C. and parts of Maryland and West Virginia.