Monocacy station
Monocacy | |||||||||||
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MARC commuter rail station | |||||||||||
Location | 7800 Genstar Drive, Frederick, Maryland[1] | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°22′55″N 77°23′41″W / 39.3820°N 77.3947°WCoordinates: 39°22′55″N 77°23′41″W / 39.3820°N 77.3947°W | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Frederick Branch | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | MTA Maryland Bus TransIT Services of Frederick | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes[2] | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 2001 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2018 | 316 daily[3] 26.4% (MARC) | ||||||||||
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Monocacy is a passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between Washington, D.C. and Frederick, MD. This station is one of two stations on the Frederick extension.[4] It is also the only station on the Brunswick Line other than Union Station to have a high-level platform. There is also a low level platform at the north end of the station.[citation needed]
Monocacy station is located at 7800 Genstar Drive, a cul-de-sac with a large parking lot off the east side of Maryland Route 355 in Frederick, Maryland. It was built on the old Frederick Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The architects of Cochran, Stephenson & Donkervoet, Inc. designed the small station to resemble B&O stations from the past.[citation needed]
Station layout[]
P Platform level |
No service | No passenger service |
Outbound/ Inbound |
← Brunswick Line toward Frederick (Terminus) Brunswick Line toward Union Station (Dickerson) → | |
Side platform | ||
Street level | Exit/entrance, station house, parking, buses |
Bus connections[]
MTA Maryland Commuter Bus
- Route 204
- Route 515
- TransIT Route 20
- TransIT Route 10(By request only)
History[]
Monocacy Station, served at the time by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, played a brief but key role during John Brown's 1859 raid on the Federal Armory in nearby Harpers Ferry, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia). Because John Brown's rebels cut the Railroad's telegraph line, no news of the rebellion reached Baltimore, the Railroad's center of operations, for several hours. The one train Brown eventually let proceed through Harpers Ferry and over the B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing into Maryland stopped at Monocacy, which was the next station with staff and a telegraph, something not available in the stations at the hamlets of Sandy Hook, Maryland, and Point of Rocks, Maryland. The conductor stopped the train and sent a message about the abolitionist rebellion to B&O headquarters. After confirming it, the Railroad notified President James Buchanan, Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise, and other officials about the raid/revolt, beginning the operation to suppress it.
References[]
- ^ "MARC Station Information". MTA Maryland. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "MARC Station Information". Maryland Transit Administration. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
- ^ "December 2018 MARC performance (for Nov 18) - Ridership" (PDF). Maryland Transportation Authority. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ MARC station list (includes Monocacy) Archived 2008-03-09 at the Wayback Machine MARC official website
External links[]
- 2001 establishments in Maryland
- Transportation buildings and structures in Frederick County, Maryland
- MARC Train stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 2001