State Center / Cultural Center station
State Center / Cultural Center | |||||||||||
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Metro SubwayLink station Connection to the Baltimore Light RailLink | |||||||||||
![]() Mezzanine at the State Center station | |||||||||||
Location | 302 West Preston Street (Preston and Eutaw Streets) Baltimore, Maryland | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°18′06″N 76°37′23″W / 39.30158°N 76.62299°WCoordinates: 39°18′06″N 76°37′23″W / 39.30158°N 76.62299°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Maryland Transit Administration | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Light RailLink (at Cultural Center station) MTA Maryland Buses | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | November 21, 1983 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2017 | 1,661 daily[1] | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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State Center / Cultural Center station is a Metro SubwayLink station in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the tenth most northern and western station on the line, the first one in the area viewed by many as "downtown Baltimore," and is within a close walk of the Cultural Center / State Center station on the Baltimore Light Rail, and many area landmarks.
The stop's lone entrance is located directly adjacent to the Maryland States Office Complex, hence the name "State Center." It is within the boundaries of the Madison Park neighborhood and is also very close to the adjacent neighborhoods of Bolton Hill, Mid-Town Belvedere, Mount Vernon, and Seton Hill.
Station layout[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/State_Center_-_Cultural_Center_Station_Platform%2C_Baltimore_Metro_SubwayLink.jpg/220px-State_Center_-_Cultural_Center_Station_Platform%2C_Baltimore_Metro_SubwayLink.jpg)
G | Street level | Exit/entrance, buses |
M | Mezzanine | Fare control, ticket machines, station agent |
P Platform level |
Westbound | ← Metro SubwayLink toward Owings Mills (Upton–Avenue Market) |
Island platform | ||
Eastbound | Metro SubwayLink toward Johns Hopkins Hospital (Lexington Market) → |
Artwork[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Venter_State_Center_Metro_Station_Baltimore_MD.jpg/220px-Venter_State_Center_Metro_Station_Baltimore_MD.jpg)
State Center station features a mobile sculpture entitled "Venter," which is suspended in a large opening between its upper and lower level. The sculpture was created by Baltimore artist Paul Daniel at a $39,000 commission in 1983.[2]
History[]
State Center station was initially referred to as the Bolton Hill station during its planning and construction, in reference to the adjacent neighborhood to the site's north.[3]
Excavation and construction[]
The Bolton Hill tunnels constructed around State Center station were driven with a shield through Cretaceous alluvium and through mica schist-derived residual materials. Hand mining was required to advance the face of the tunnel in some areas where the alignment passed through more resistant, hard residual materials.[4]
References[]
- ^ Metro SubwayLink Cornerstone Plan (PDF) (Report). Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration. 2018. p. 15. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Dorsey, John (November 20, 1983). "The art & architecture of the new subway: tunnel visions". The Sun. Photos by David Harp. p. 313.
- ^ Warmkessel, Karen E (April 23, 1980). "City subway is making tracks". The Sun. p. C1.
- ^ Myers-Böhlke, Brenda (1983). A characterization of deep weathering profiles in foliated, metamorphic rocks for tunneling and shaft sinking (Doctoral). University of California, Berkeley.
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- Transit-oriented developments in the United States
- Metro SubwayLink stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1983
- 1983 establishments in Maryland
- Railway stations in Baltimore
- Railway stations located underground in Maryland
- Madison Park, Baltimore
- Bolton Hill, Baltimore
- United States rapid transit stubs
- Maryland railway station stubs