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Posted 16 February 2018 - 05:27 PM

From RPA February 16, 2018 newsletter:

 

 

Don’t Let MARC Commuter Service Disappear

We don’t want MARC service between Maryland and West Virginia to disappear and we need your help to save the service! This is even more urgent today because West Virginia's part-time legislature, in session right now, will soon conclude its business. Budget adjustments by the state legislature to include funding for West Virginia MARC service must be decided this month.

It is crucial that appropriate West Virginia legislators and officials hear from everyone who supports continued operation of Eastern Panhandle MARC service right away! Telephone calls or emails urging that MARC operational funds be added to the West Virginia budget should be addressed to the following:

Governor Jim Justice

888-438-2731 

304-558-2000 

governor@wv.gov

Secretary of Transportation Thomas J. Smith, P.E.

304-558-0444

dot.secretary@wv.gov

Senator Patricia Rucker 

(16th District, Jefferson County 

and part of Berkeley County) 

304-357-7957 

patricia.rucker@wvsenate.gov

Senator Craig Blair

(15th District, part of Berkeley County and Morgan, Hampshire and Mineral Counties)

304-357-7867

craig.blair@wvsenate.gov

Members of the House of Delegates

To determine your Delegate, visit http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Districts/maps.cfm#HD01

 



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Posted 11 March 2018 - 12:25 PM

The Journal, Martinsburg, WV, 3/8/18:

 


 

Funding for MARC train moving forward

 

A bill to fund the MARC commuter train service is up for its second reading in the West Virginia Senate today, and a vote would be expected Friday.

 

 

Here is the update.



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Posted 16 March 2018 - 03:58 PM

WV News, 3/16/18:

 


Gov. Justice, Sec. Smith announce MARC train continuing service to eastern panhandle

 

Governor Jim Justice and Transportation Secretary Tom Smith announced in a release that HB 4389, which provides $1.5 million of funding to continue the Eastern Panhandle’s MARC Train service for this year, has been signed by the Governor and an offer has been accepted by the Maryland Department of Transportation.

 

 

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Posted 12 April 2018 - 08:58 PM

West Virginia Public Broadcasting, 4/12/18:

 


W.Va. Riders of Maryland-Based Commuter Train Say They'll Likely Leave State if Service Ends

 

Hundreds of West Virginians travel from the Eastern Panhandle to Maryland or Washington D.C. every weekday for work. These commuters catch the Maryland-based MARC train, or Maryland Area Regional Commuter.

 

 

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Posted 12 March 2019 - 04:46 PM

West Virginia Metro News, 3/12/19:

 


 

  Espinosa: $1.1 million secured for MARC commuter rail service through Eastern Panhandle  

 

 

In the final hours of the regular session of the West Virginia legislature, funding for a commuter rail line in the Eastern Panhandle received a boost.

 

 

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Posted 31 May 2019 - 11:04 AM

Charleston, WV Gazette-Mail, 5/29/19:


 

Eastern Panhandle commuter rail could be cut over funding dispute with Maryland

 

 

After the Legislature this session provided only about one-third of the funding requested by the Maryland Transit Administration to maintain MARC commuter rail service in the Eastern Panhandle, MTA is threatening to cut service from six to two trains each weekday, sources say.

 

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