Harper's Ferry MARC Station Parking (Charles Town, Harpers Ferry: home, buy, train)

[FJagr]

Will be relocating to Charles Town in a few months from the I-95 corridor of Virginia. I'm planning on using the MARC for my commute into DC.

That said, how full is the Harpers Ferry parking lot for the first 5:25AM train? Same question for the first 4:50AM Brunswick train. I'm torn between Harpers and Brunswick for my start point. I'm thinking Harper's is the better station as I will not have to deal with the bottlenecked traffic over the bridges but am looking for some input from those of you with experience in this area.

I will be back in Brunswick (if I take that train) at 6:22PM or Harper's on the 7:09PM train. Has traffic died down by that time to make Brunswick the better option to get home a little earlier or does the traffic make the 7:09 to Harper's just as efficient?

Hope that makes sense all and thank you in advance for any advice/suggestions you can give.

FJagr

[transplant2wv]

I take the last train that leaves ~6:50 am and I've yet not be able to find a parking space so I think you should be OK.

The few times I have tried to come home from Brunswick it's been much longer than if I had stayed on the train to HF, especially in the summer.

[FJagr]

So the HF parking lot isn't full even for the last morning train? That's nice. Is parking free?

[wvaspartan]

Parking is free...Only issue with going from Harpers Ferry is the WV Surcharge. $3 each way/$80 per month depending on which way you buy the tickets. If you go just the extratime to Brunswick you get more train options both ways and pay WAY less.

Parking is also free at Brunswick.