Mt. Washington (Baltimore Light Rail station)
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 A northbound LRV departs Mt. Washington station. |
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| Address | Corner of Smith Avenue & Newbury Street Baltimore, MD |
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| Lines | Baltimore Light Rail | ||||||||||||||||
| Connections | MTA Maryland bus routes | ||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Maryland Transit Administration | ||||||||||||||||
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The Mt. Washington Light Rail Stop is one of 33 stops on the Baltimore Light Rail and is the northern-most stop inside the city of Baltimore. The stop is located in historic Mt. Washington Village, and is accessible to motor vehicles only along narrow, one way side streets.
Two public bus lines, Routes 27 and M-10 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 M-10 evenings and weekends. 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.[1] The loop has been used for various bus routes in the years since.
The stop has 75 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, and that the light rail could be used to reach Mt. Washington easily to commit various crimes, including auto theft. On a typical weekday, the lot is usually filled prior to the opening of the shops.
The Mt. Washington stop, which opened in 1992, had only a single track for trains traveling in either direction until the Light Rail's double-tracking project for this station was completed in 2005.
[edit] References
- ^ A History of the Falls Road Streetcar Line. Baltimore Transit Archives. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
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