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) Cumberland Subdivision
Metropolitan Subdivision
Platforms 3 side platforms
Tracks 4
Construction
Parking Yes
History
Opened 1891
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 712 (MARC)
Services
Preceding station   MARC   Following station
toward Martinsburg
Brunswick Line
Former services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Martinsburg
Blue Ridge
ended 1986
toward Cincinnati
Shenandoah
ended 1981
Baltimore and Ohio
Main Line
toward Communipaw
Knoxville
Tuscarora
toward Communipaw
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]

Station layout

Brunswick features a unique station layout in which the westbound and eastbound tracks are separated by the station's parking lot. The station house is located just north of a platform serving the Martinsburg-bound trains, while two side platforms south of the parking lot serve Washington-bound trains.

G Side platform, doors will open on the right
Outbound ← Brunswick Line toward Martinsburg (Harpers Ferry)
← Capitol Limited does not stop here
Outbound ← Capitol Limited does not stop here
Ground level Exit/entrance and parking lot
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Inbound Capitol Limited does not stop here →
Brunswick Line toward Union Station (Point of Rocks) →
Inbound Capitol Limited does not stop here →
Brunswick Line toward Union Station (Point of Rocks) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

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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