Metropolitan Grove station explained

Metropolitan Grove
Style:MARC
Type:MARC commuter rail station
Address:3 Metropolitan Court, Gaithersburg, Maryland[1]
Coordinates:39.1497°N -77.2268°W
Line:Metropolitan Subdivision
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Parking:Yes
Accessible:No[2]
Opened:[3] [4]
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:12

Metropolitan Grove is a passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between Washington, D.C. and Martinsburg, WV (with an extension to Frederick, MD).[5] Metropolitan Grove Station is nearest Browns Station Park.[6] The large Watkins Mill Town Center development is adjacent and still under construction. The future Corridor Cities Transitway light rail/bus rapid transit line will connect with MARC at Metropolitan Grove.

Station layout

The station is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, lacking raised platforms for level boarding.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MARC Station Information . . May 29, 2020.
  2. Web site: MARC Station Information . . 2021-01-30.
  3. News and Upcoming Events . Transit Times . Action Committee for Transit . Summer 1987 . 1 . 2. 2017-11-20. ymd-all.
  4. News: Md. Commuters Get Another Way to Go . The Washington Post . July 9, 1987 . ymd-all. .
  5. http://mta.maryland.gov/sites/default/files/Marc_Map_and_Legend_UPDATED_2_0.JPG MARC system map (includes Metropolitan Grove)
  6. Web site: Browns Station Park in Montgomery County, MD (RecreationParks.net) . 2013-09-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150609105055/http://www.recreationparks.net/MD/montgomery/browns-station-park-gaithersburg . 2015-06-09 . dead .