Laurel station (MARC)
Laurel | ||||||||||||||
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MARC Commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||
Location | 22 Main Street, Laurel, Maryland[1] | |||||||||||||
Line(s) | Capital Subdivision | |||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||
Connections | RTA 409 | |||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||
Parking | 396 spaces[1] | |||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes; 10 lockers | |||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 1884 | |||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||
2018 | 680 daily[2] 2.7% (MARC) | |||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||
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Laurel Railroad Station | ||||||||||||||
Location | East Main Street Laurel, Maryland | |||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°6′9″N 76°50′30″W / 39.10250°N 76.84167°W | |||||||||||||
Built | 1884 | |||||||||||||
Architect | Ephraim Francis Baldwin | |||||||||||||
Architectural style | Queen Anne | |||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 73002165 | |||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | March 30, 1973[3] |
Laurel is a historic passenger rail station on the MARC Camden Line in Laurel, Maryland, between the District of Columbia's Washington Union Station and Baltimore's Camden Station.[4]
Station
The Laurel railroad station was originally constructed in 1884 for the
Laurel station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973,[3] (although one source claims it was 1972) and was reopened as a MARC station when the Camden Line was established.
A fire gutted the interior of the station, and damaged its roof and brick walls, in January 1992.[7]
In February 2009, Vice President Joe Biden, Governor Martin O'Malley, and Senator Ben Cardin gave a speech at Laurel station to gain support for an economic stimulus package in Congress that would provide funding to rebuild the station platform, among many other Maryland infrastructure projects.[8][9] The funding bill passed and by mid-March, construction fencing went up for an anticipated six months of work on a new platform and other station improvement.[10]
Station layout
The station has two side platforms and a station house adjacent to the southbound platform. The station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Gallery
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Laurel Railroad Station Historic Marker in December 2008
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Downtown-side view of Laurel station in December 2008
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A freight train passes through Laurel station.
References
- ^ a b "MARC Station Information". Maryland Transit Administration. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ^ "December 2018 MARC performance (for Nov 18) – Ridership" (PDF). Maryland Transportation Authority. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "MARC System Map (includes Laurel)". Maryland Transit Administration. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ^ Arthur C. Townsend (June 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Laurel Railroad Station" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
- ISBN 0-9729743-0-X.
- ^ "Laurel Rail Depot Burns". highbeam.com. The Washington Post. January 15, 1992. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
- ^ Bartlett, Anne; Wan, William (February 5, 2009). "Biden Visits Laurel to Stump for Stimulus". The Washington Post.
- ^ Sparks, Leonard (February 5, 2009). "Biden Visits Laurel to Praise Stimulus". Southern Maryland Online. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
- ^ Thomson, Robert (March 13, 2009). "The Weekend and Beyond". Get There. The Washington Post. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
External links
- Media related to Laurel (MARC station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Laurel Railroad Station, Prince George's County, Inventory No.: PG:LAU-6, including photo in 1975, at Maryland Historical Trust website
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-973, "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Laurel, 101 Lafayette Avenue, Laurel, Prince George's County, MD", 14 photos, 9 data pages, 1 photo caption page
- Main Street entrance from Google Maps Street View