Mount Washington station

Mount 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.

Mount Washington
A northbound train departs Mount Washington station in 2006
General information
Location5701 Smith Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates39.3684°N 76.6523°W / 39.3684; -76.6523
Owned byMaryland Transit Administration
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport MTA: 27, 58, 60
Construction
Parking83 free spaces
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedApril 2, 1992[1]
Passengers
2017421 daily[2]
Services
Preceding station Maryland Transit Administration Following station
Cold Spring Lane
toward BWI Airport or Glen Burnie
 Baltimore Light RailLink Falls Road
toward Hunt Valley

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]

References
  1. "Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration Media Guide" (PDF). Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration. 2017. pp. 15–16. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2018.
  2. "Light Rail Link Cornerstone Plan" (PDF). Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration. p. 15.
  3. File:PRR 1955 schedule.jpg
  4. "A History of the Falls Road Streetcar Line". Baltimore Transit Archives. Archived from the original on 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-05-30.

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