Brunswick station (Maryland)

Brunswick is a passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between Washington, D.C. and Martinsburg, West Virginia.[1] 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.[4] 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.[5] It is a wooden frame building with stone walls up to the window sills, and features Palladian windows in the roof dormers.[6]

Brunswick
MARC commuter rail station
Brunswick station house, September 2012
Location100 South Maple Avenue, Brunswick, Maryland[1]
Coordinates39°18′43″N 77°37′38″W
Owned byCity of Brunswick
Line(s)Cumberland Subdivision
Metropolitan Subdivision
Platforms3 side platforms
Tracks4
Construction
ParkingYes
History
Opened1891
Passengers
2018412 daily[2]  20.9% (MARC)
Services
Preceding station MARC Following station
Harpers Ferry
towards Martinsburg
 Brunswick Line Point of Rocks
towards Union Station
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Harpers Ferry
toward Martinsburg
 Blue Ridge
ended 1986
 Gaithersburg
toward Washington, D.C.
Harpers Ferry
toward Cincinnati (River Road)
 Shenandoah
ended 1981
Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station
Harpers Ferry
toward Chicago
 Main Line Point of Rocks
toward Jersey City
Knoxville
toward Chicago
 Tuscarora
toward Jersey City
Brunswick Railroad Station
LocationBrunswick, Maryland, USA
Coordinates39°18′43″N 77°37′38″W
ArchitectEphraim Francis Baldwin
Architectural styleQueen Anne
Part ofBrunswick Historic District (ID79001128)
Added to NRHPAugust 29, 1979.[3]

Amtrak's former Blue Ridge previously served the station and eventually dropped the stop from its timetables.[7] 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.[8]

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.

P
Platform level		 Street level Exit/entrance, station house
Side platform
Outbound ←      Brunswick Line toward Martinsburg (Harpers Ferry)
←      Capitol Limited does not stop here
Outbound ←      Capitol Limited does not stop here
Street level Parking lot
Side platform
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
  • Station house
  • Trackside shot of the station house
  • MARC conductors catching up with local news on a foggy morning

References
  1. MARC station list (includes Brunswick) Archived 2008-03-09 at the Wayback Machine MARC official website
  2. "December 2018 MARC performance (for Nov 18) - Ridership" (PDF). Maryland Transportation Authority. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. National Register of Historic Places Listings; August 29, 1979
  4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  5. Maryland Historical Trust (1978-03-15). "Brunswick Historic District; National Register of Historic Places; Nomination Form". Retrieved 2016-03-26. p. 11.
  6. 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.
  7. Amtrak Timetables; October 25, 1981; Capitol Limited (Museum of Railway Timetables)
  8. "Last CSX ticket agent retires at Brunswick MARC station". The Baltimore Sun. 2010-06-09. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2010-06-09.

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