MARC expansion may spur development near stations

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The Maryland Transit Administration hopes expansion to its MARC system will have area developers looking at rail stations in a new light.

The three-decade, nearly $4 billion planned expansion to the MARC commuter rail system reported in The Examiner last week will add more trains, including late-night and weekend runs, and expand MARC?s capacity to 100,000 daily riders by 2035. It may also attract the attention of developers looking to build a parking garage for the station alongside commercial and residential uses.

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