Germantown is a passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between Washington, D.C., and Martinsburg, West Virginia (with a branch to Frederick, Maryland).[4] It is one of the busiest stations on the Brunswick Line along with Silver Spring and Rockville stations. All Brunswick Line trains stop at this station.
Germantown | ||||||||||||||
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| MARC commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||
 The station at Germantown in July 2012 | ||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 19311 Mateny Hill Road, Germantown, Maryland[1] | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°10′24″N 77°16′14.4″W / 39.17333°N 77.270667°W | |||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Metropolitan Subdivision | |||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes[2] | |||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||
| November 2022 | 220 (daily)[3] (MARC) | |||||||||||||
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The original Germantown station, which was built by Ephraim Francis Baldwin for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was destroyed by arsonists in 1978, and was reconstructed for MARC.
References
edit- ^ "MARC Station Information". MTA Maryland. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "MARC Station Information". Maryland Transit Administration. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
- ^ "MARC Brunswick Line Technical Report" (PDF). Maryland Transit Administration. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ MARC station list (includes Germantown) Archived March 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine MARC official website
External links
editMedia related to Germantown (MARC station) at Wikimedia Commons
- MARC station official website
- Germantown MARC station (Road and Rail Pictures)
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