Twinbrook station

Twinbrook is a rapid transit station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro attached to the Twinbrook neighborhood of Rockville, Maryland. One of a number of stations on the Rockville Pike corridor, it primarily acts as a commuter station.

Twinbrook
rapid transit station
Location1600 Chapman Avenue, Rockville, Maryland
Coordinates39°3′44.6″N 77°7′14.8″W
Owned byWMATA
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections Metrobus: C4
Ride On: 5, 10, 26, 44, 45, 46
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
Parking1,097 spaces
Bicycle facilities68 racks, 26 lockers
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeA13
History
OpenedDecember 15, 1984 (December 15, 1984)
Passengers
20174,101 daily [1]  0.61%
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station
Rockville
toward Shady Grove
 Red Line White Flint
toward Glenmont

Location

Twinbrook station is located in the southern section of Rockville, one of the largest communities in Montgomery County. Specifically, it lies to the east of the intersection of Rockville Pike and Halpine Road, the railway's right-of-way splitting the latter in two.[2]

Transit-oriented development

Like other Metro stations in Montgomery County, Twinbrook is a center for planned transit-oriented development. The county planning department released the Twinbrook Sector Plan in 2009, which acts as a guideline for mixed-use, walkable development around the station.[3] To fulfill this vision, the plan splits the surrounding area into three zones heading east: a mixed-use urban core area, a technology center, and a light industrial section. In addition, it calls for the redesign of certain arterial roads in the neighborhood such as Twinbrook Parkway and Parklawn Drive as well as connecting dead-end streets to create a grid, aiding walkability.[3] Not included in the Sector Plan is the Twinbrook Station project, which occupies land directly adjacent to the Metro station.[4]

History

The station opened on December 15, 1984[5] as part of a 7-mile (11 km), four-station northwestern extension of the Red Line[6] between Grosvenor–Strathmore and Shady Grove stations.[5]

Station layout

Twinbrook is served by an island platform west of the CSX Metropolitan Subdivision tracks, which carry Amtrak and MARC Trains. Both the east and west sides of the station have bus bays, surface parking, and kiss and ride lots. These areas are connected to each other and to the platform by a ground-level underpass underneath the embankment holding the tracks. The station is also one of the few on the system to have only a single escalator serving the platform, usually heading up. An elevator and stairs provide access to exit the platform area.

P
Platform level		 Westbound ←      Brunswick Line does not stop here
←      Capitol Limited does not stop here
Eastbound ←      Capitol Limited does not stop here →
←      Brunswick Line does not stop here →
Westbound ← toward Shady Grove (Rockville)
Island platform
Eastbound → toward Silver Spring or Glenmont (White Flint) →
G Street level Exit/entrance, parking, buses, fare gates, ticket machines, station agent

References
  1. "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  2. Twinbrook station Archived December 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine WMATA Retrieved November 6, 2010
  3. Twinkbrook Sector Plan Montgomery Planning Retrieved November 6, 2010
  4. Site plan Twinbrook Station Retrieved November 6, 2010
  5. Zibart, Eve (December 16, 1984), "A rainbow coalition flocks to Red Line; four stops open amid hoopla", The Washington Post, p. A1
  6. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
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