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Baltimore Penn Station to Washington Union Station

3 operators run this water, from 30 min to 216 h 00 — a difference of 215 h 30 on the same crossing. Washington Union Station has an airport 6 km from the quay, so this is a crossing you can make one way and fly the other.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Amtrak Baltimore Penn Station → Washington Union Station 57 km on the train 30 min rate not held 114 km/h average
MARC Baltimore Penn Station → Washington Union Station 57 km on the train 38 min rate not held 90 km/h average
American Cruise Lines Baltimore Penn Station → Washington Union Station 57 km crossing 216 h 00 rate not held 0 km/h average

Other ways to reach Washington Union Station

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Washington Union Station without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

New Carrollton Amtrak Station – Washington Union Station 9 min Amtrak, Amtrak Vermonter
Alexandria – Washington Union Station 14 min Amtrak
Bowie State – Washington Union Station 16 min MARC
Bwi Thurgood Marshall Airport Station – Washington Union Station 20 min Amtrak, MARC
Odenton – Washington Union Station 24 min MARC
Rockville Amtrak – Washington Union Station 24 min Amtrak
Martin Airport – Washington Union Station 1 h 05 MARC
Philadelphia – Washington Union Station 288 h 00 American Cruise Lines
Florida – Washington Union Station 384 h 00 American Cruise Lines

And other ways to reach Baltimore Penn Station

Halethorpe – Baltimore Penn Station 4 min MARC
New Carrollton Amtrak Station – Baltimore Penn Station 9 min Amtrak, Amtrak Vermonter
Bwi Thurgood Marshall Airport Station – Baltimore Penn Station 10 min Amtrak, MARC
Martin Airport – Baltimore Penn Station 10 min MARC
Odenton – Baltimore Penn Station 17 min MARC
Aberdeen Amtrak Station – Baltimore Penn Station 19 min Amtrak
Edgewood – Baltimore Penn Station 20 min MARC
Perryville – Baltimore Penn Station 30 min MARC
Newark Amtrak – Baltimore Penn Station 35 min Amtrak
Wilmington – Baltimore Penn Station 40 min Amtrak, Amtrak Vermonter

Where else these quays go

Also from Baltimore Penn Station

Aberdeen Amtrak Station · Bwi Thurgood Marshall Airport Station · Civitavecchia-Rome · Edgewood · Florida · Halethorpe · Halifax · Martin Airport · New Carrollton Amtrak Station · Newark Amtrak · Odenton · Perryville · Philadelphia · San Juan

Also from Washington Union Station

Alexandria · Bowie State · Bwi Thurgood Marshall Airport Station · Florida · Martin Airport · New Carrollton Amtrak Station · Odenton · Philadelphia · Rockville Amtrak

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Baltimore Penn Station–Washington Union Station crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. The choice between Amtrak at 30 min and American Cruise Lines at 216 h 00 is mostly a price decision, and we hold no prices for either.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.