Gaithersburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 5 South Summit Avenue, Gaithersburg, Maryland[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°08′29.5″N 77°11′35″W / 39.141528°N 77.19306°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | CSX Metropolitan Subdivision | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | MTA Maryland: 201 and 202 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Garage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | May 1, 1873 (ceremonial opening)[3] May 25, 1873 (regular passenger service)[3][4][5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1884 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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November 2022 | 121 (daily)[6] (MARC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gaithersburg B & O Railroad Station and Freight Shed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1884 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | Ephraim Francis Baldwin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Queen Anne attributed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 78001473 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | October 5, 1978[7] |
Gaithersburg station is a commuter rail station located on the Metropolitan Subdivision in downtown Gaithersburg, Maryland. It is served by the MARC Brunswick Line service; it was also served by Amtrak from 1971 to 1986. The former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station building and freight shed, designed by Ephraim Francis Baldwin and built in 1884, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Gaithersburg B & O Railroad Station and Freight Shed. They are used as the Gaithersburg Community Museum.