Brunswick station (Maryland)

Brunswick
MARC commuter rail station

Brunswick station house, September 2012
Location 100 South Maple Street
Brunswick, MD 21716
Coordinates 39°18′43″N 77°37′38″W / 39.31194°N 77.62722°W / 39.31194; -77.62722
Owned by City of Brunswick
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 3
Construction
Parking Yes
History
Opened 1891
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 712 (MARC)
Services
Preceding station   MARC   Following station
toward Martinsburg
Brunswick Line
  Former services  
Baltimore and Ohio
Weverton
Main Line
Brunswick Railroad Station
Location Brunswick, Maryland, USA
Coordinates 39°18′43″N 77°37′38″W / 39.31194°N 77.62722°W / 39.31194; -77.62722Coordinates: 39°18′43″N 77°37′38″W / 39.31194°N 77.62722°W / 39.31194; -77.62722
Architect Ephraim Francis Baldwin
Architectural style Queen Anne
Part of Brunswick Historic District (#79001128)
Added to NRHP August 29, 1979.[1]

Brunswick is a passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between Washington, D.C. and Martinsburg, West Virginia.[2] The station house, located at 100 South Maple Street in Brunswick, Maryland, is a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot that is a contributing property to the Brunswick Historic District, which has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 29, 1979.[3] The station was designed by Ephraim Francis Baldwin and opened in 1891 on Seventh Avenue. Several years later the building was moved to its current location.[4] It is a wooden frame building with stone walls up to the window sills, and features Palladian windows in the roof dormers.[5]

Amtrak's former Blue Ridge previously served the station and eventually dropped the stop from its timetables.[6] The Brunswick station was the final station in the CSX System to eliminate human ticket agents. Barb Eichelberger, the last employee of her kind in the entire system, retired in June 2010.[7]

References

  1. National Register of Historic Places Listings; August 29, 1979
  2. MARC station list (includes Brunswick) Archived 2008-03-09 at the Wayback Machine. MARC official website
  3. National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  4. Maryland Historical Trust (1978-03-15). "Brunswick Historic District; National Register of Historic Places; Nomination Form". Retrieved 2016-03-26. p. 11.
  5. Avery, Carlos P. (2003). E. Francis Baldwin, Architect: The B&O, Baltimore, and Beyond. Baltimore, Maryland: Baltimore Architecture Foundation. p. 36. ISBN 0-9729743-0-X.
  6. Amtrak Timetables; October 25, 1981; Capitol Limited (Museum of Railway Timetables)
  7. "Last CSX ticket agent retires at Brunswick MARC station". The Baltimore Sun. 2010-06-09.

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