Laurel (MARC station)

Laurel MARC Commuter rail station
Laurel Railroad Station, December 2008
Station statistics
Address	22 Main Street Laurel, MD 20707
Line(s)	Camden Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes; 10 lockers
Other information
Opened	1884
Accessible
Services
Preceding station   MARC   Following station Muirkirk toward Union Station Camden Line Laurel Race Track toward Camden Station     Former services     Baltimore and Ohio Muirkirk toward Chicago Grand Central Station Main Line (Washington Branch) Annapolis Junction toward Baltimore Mount Royal Station
Laurel Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	East Main Street Laurel, Maryland
Coordinates	39°6′9″N 76°50′30″W / 39.10250°N 76.84167°W / 39.10250; -76.84167Coordinates: 39°6′9″N 76°50′30″W / 39.10250°N 76.84167°W / 39.10250; -76.84167
Built	1884
Architect	Ephraim Francis Baldwin
Architectural style	Queen Anne
Governing body	Private
NRHP Reference #	73002165
Added to NRHP	March 30, 1973[1]

Laurel is a historic passenger rail station on the MARC Camden Line in Laurel, Maryland, between Union Station in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore's Camden Station.^[2]

The Laurel Railroad Station was originally constructed in 1884, for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The architect was E. Francis Baldwin. The structure is constructed of brick, and is one and a half stories, modified rectangle in form with overhanging gabled and hipped roof sections with brackets and terra cotta cresting, and an interior chimney. There is a louvered lunette in one gable, stick work in another, and fish-scale shingling under truncated hipped section; shed shelter, segmental arched openings. It is Queen Anne in style.^[3]

Laurel station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973,^[1] (although one source claims it was 1972) and was reopened into a MARC station when the Camden Line was established.

A fire gutted the interior of the station, and damaged its roof and brick walls, in January 1992.^[4]

Laurel station is in the process of having its platforms rebuilt as part of a stimulus funding program announced by Vice President Joe Biden and Governor Martin O'Malley at the station in February 2009.^[5]

Bicycle facilities

Ten bicycle lockers are available for rent at the station. The price for renting a locker was $70 per year as of January 2013, plus a $25 refundable security deposit. Lockers are not for short term use.^{[citation needed]} The MTA Office of Customer Information (410-767-8749) is the point of contact for inquiries.^[6]

Gallery

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  Laurel Railroad Station Historic Marker, December 2008

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  Laurel Railroad Station West Side View, December 2008

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  A freight train passes through Laurel Station.

References

External links

Media related to Laurel (MARC station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Laurel station official website
• Laurel Railroad Station, Prince George's County, Inventory No.: PG:LAU-6, including photo in 1975, at Maryland Historical Trust website
• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Laurel, 101 Lafayette Avenue, Laurel, Prince George's County, MD: 14 photos and 9 data pages, at Historic American Building Survey
• Main Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

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