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Monocacy (MARC station)
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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 1 of 2 stations on the Frederick extension. It is also the only station on the Brunswick Line to have a high-level platform (except for Union Station). There is also a low level platform at the north end of the station.
Monocacy Station is located at 7800 Genstar Drive, a cul-de-sac
with a large parking lot
off of 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.
TransIT Services of Frederick
Union Station (Washington, D.C.)
Washington Union Station is a train station and leisure destination visited by 32 million people each year in the center of Washington, D.C. The train station is served by Amtrak, MARC and Virginia Railway Express commuter rail services as well as by Washington Metro subway trains and local buses...
and Frederick, MD
Frederick (MARC station)
Frederick is a passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between this station and Washington, D.C.. This is one of two stations on the Frederick branch. The station is also a major hub for buses of the TransIT Services of Frederick, Maryland....
. This station is 1 of 2 stations on the Frederick extension. It is also the only station on the Brunswick Line to have a high-level platform (except for Union Station). There is also a low level platform at the north end of the station.
Monocacy Station is located at 7800 Genstar Drive, a cul-de-sac
Cul-de-sac
A cul-de-sac is a word of French origin referring to a dead end, close, no through road or court meaning dead-end street with only one inlet/outlet...
with a large parking lot
Parking lot
A parking lot , also known as car lot, is a cleared area that is intended for parking vehicles. Usually, the term refers to a dedicated area that has been provided with a durable or semi-durable surface....
off of the east side of Maryland Route 355
Maryland Route 355
Maryland Route 355 is a north–south road in western central Maryland in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at the Washington, D.C. border in Friendship Heights, Montgomery County, where it continues south as Wisconsin Avenue into Washington. The northern terminus is...
in Frederick, Maryland
Frederick, Maryland
Frederick is a city in north-central Maryland. It is the county seat of Frederick County, the largest county by area in the state of Maryland. Frederick is an outlying community of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of a greater...
. It was built on the old Frederick Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was one of the oldest railroads in the United States and the first common carrier railroad. It came into being mostly because the city of Baltimore wanted to compete with the newly constructed Erie Canal and another canal being proposed by Pennsylvania, which...
. The architects of Cochran, Stephenson & Donkervoet, Inc. designed the small station to resemble B&O stations from the past.
Bus connections
MTA Maryland Commuter Bus- Route 991
TransIT Services of Frederick
Transit
-Transportation:* Ford Transit, a van made by the Ford Motor Company* Mass transit, public transport systems in which passengers are carried in large numbers* Navigational transit, when a navigator observes two fixed reference points in line...
- TransIT Route 20
- TransIT Route 10(By request only)