Mount Washington station

Mount Washington station is a Baltimore Light Rail station in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the northernmost stop inside the city limits, and is located in the Mt. Washington neighborhood. It is accessible to motor vehicles only along narrow, one way side streets.

Mount Washington
Baltimore Light Rail station
A northbound train departs Mount Washington station in 2006
Location5701 Smith Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates39.3684°N 76.6523°W / 39.3684; -76.6523
Owned byMaryland Transit Administration
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections 27, 58, 60
Construction
Parking83 free spaces
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened1992
Passengers
2017421 daily[1]
Services
Preceding station MTA Maryland Following station
Cold Spring Lane
toward BWI Airport or Glen Burnie
 Light RailLink Falls Road
toward Hunt Valley

History

The Mt. Washington light rail stop was built in the location of the Mt. Washington station of the defunct Northern Central Railway.[2] 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.

Station layout
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Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound ← Light Rail toward BWI Airport or Glen Burnie (Cold Spring Lane)
Northbound ← Light Rail toward Fairgrounds or Hunt Valley (Falls Road) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Exit/entrance and parking

The stop has 83 parking spaces for commuters. Around the time this station opened in 1992, an article published in the Baltimore Sun brought up concern that these spaces would be used by shoppers in Mt. Washington Village who wished to skip out on metered parking provided by the city of Baltimore at an adjacent lot, and that the light rail could be used to reach Mt. Washington easily to commit various crimes, including auto theft. Reported crime at the station is very low. On a typical weekday, the lot is usually filled prior to the opening of the shops though parking scofflaws have used the lot after rush hour.

Bus service

Three public bus lines, Routes 27, 58, and 60 operate within a close walk of the stop, but due to the narrow streets through which the station is accessed, do not actually enter the station's parking lot. There is a bus loop in Mt. Washington Village along Kelly Avenue where these buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. The loop is not currently used for layover except by Route 60 on occasional trips. This loop is not a part of the light rail service, but was constructed in 1949 as a temporary layover for buses following the conversion from streetcars.[3] The loop has been used for various bus routes in the years since.

Nearby places and attractions

References
  1. https://s3.amazonaws.com/mta-website-staging/mta-website-staging/files/Transit%20Projects/Cornerstone/LRCP_LightRailLink.pdf
  2. File:PRR 1955 schedule.jpg
  3. "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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