Mt. Washington station explained

Style:MTA Maryland
Mt. Washington
Address:5701 Smith Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates:39.3684°N -76.6523°W
Other: MTA: 27, 58, 60
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Parking:83 free spaces
Passengers:421 daily[1]
Pass Year:2017
Opened:April 2, 1992[2]
Accessible:Yes
Owned:Maryland Transit Administration
Mapframe:yes
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Marker:rail-light
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Mt. Washington station is a Baltimore Light RailLink station in the Mount Washington neighborhood of northern Baltimore, Maryland. The station has two side platforms serving two tracks.

History

The station was built on the site of the defunct Northern Central Railway's Mount Washington station.[3] When the current stop opened in 1992, it had only a single track for trains traveling in either direction; a second track was added when the Light Rail's double-tracking project for this station was completed in 2005.

MTA buses do not serve the station directly due to Mount Washington Village's narrow streets. Instead, they use a bus loop along Kelly Avenue, which was constructed in 1949 as a temporary layover for buses following the removal of the Falls Road streetcar line.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Light Rail Link Cornerstone Plan . Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration . 15.
  2. Web site: Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration Media Guide . 2017 . Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration . 15–16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180412205912/https://www.mta.maryland.gov/sites/default/files/Media_Guide_2017_WEB.pdf . April 12, 2018.
  3. [:File:PRR 1955 schedule.jpg]
  4. Web site: A History of the Falls Road Streetcar Line. Baltimore Transit Archives. 2008-05-30. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080527060358/http://www.btco.net/Routes/25Falls.html. 2008-05-27.