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General information
Location	251 Hungerford Drive (Metro & Amtrak); 307 South Stonestreet Avenue (MARC); Rockville, Maryland
Coordinates	39°05′03″N 77°08′46″W / 39.084238°N 77.146125°W
Owned by	WMATA
Line(s)	Metropolitan Subdivision;
Platforms	1 island platform (Red Line); 2 side platforms (Metropolitan Subdivision)
Tracks	4 (2 for each service)
Connections	Ride On: 44, 45, 46, 47, 52, 55, 56, 59, 63, 81, 101; Metrobus: Q1, Q2, Q4, Q5, Q6, T2
Construction
Parking	524 spaces
Bicycle facilities	69 racks, 40 lockers
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: RKV
History
Opened	July 25, 1984
Passengers
2013	585 daily (MARC)
2016	4,087 daily 7.62% (Metro)
2017	5,605 annually 0.79% (Amtrak)
Services
MARC
WMATA
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Key
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Former services
B&O
	Rockville Railroad Station
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	98 Church St., Rockville, Maryland
Coordinates	39°4′58″N 77°8′42″W / 39.08278°N 77.14500°W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1873
Architect	E. Francis Baldwin
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	74000961
Added to NRHP	July 18, 1974

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Rockville station is a joint Washington Metro, MARC, and Amtrak train station in Rockville in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on December 15, 1984, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The station is serviced by the Red Line, and is located in downtown Rockville at Hungerford Drive (MD 355) near Park Avenue. The government buildings for Rockville and Montgomery County are located about two blocks away, as are those of several large companies. MARC's Brunswick Line commuter trains and Amtrak's daily Capitol Limited share the station building with Metro. The Metro portion of the station has an island platform with tracks on either side, while MARC and Amtrak use the two tracks adjacent to two side platforms on the east side of the station.

History

The original Rockville station was built in 1873, and is one of the few survivors of the many picturesque county stations built along the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and other 19th-century American railroads. The architect was E. Francis Baldwin, who also designed the adjoining freight house, built in 1887.^[4] It is a brick Victorian picturesque structure with some Eastlake detailing, particularly in the roofline and gable decoration.^[5] The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 as the Rockville Railroad Station.^[3] It continued to serve as an Amtrak and commuter station until 1981, when the 400-ton station was moved about 50 meters to the south to make way for the Rockville Metro station which replaced it.^[6]

The modern station opened on December 15, 1984.^[7] Its opening coincided with the completion of 7 miles (11 km)^[8] of rail northwest of the then named Grosvenor station and the opening of the Shady Grove, Twinbrook, and White Flint stations.^[7]

Station layout

2F Metro platforms	Outbound	← toward Shady Grove (Terminus)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Inbound	→ toward Silver Spring or Glenmont (Twinbrook) →
1F	Mezzanine	One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
G MARC/Amtrak platforms	Street level	Exit/entrance
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Outbound	← Brunswick Line toward Martinsburg or Frederick (Washington Grove) ← Capitol Limited toward Chicago (Harpers Ferry)
	Inbound	→ Brunswick Line toward Union Station (Garrett Park) → → Capitol Limited toward Washington, DC (Terminus) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

^ "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of Maryland" (PDF). Amtrak Government Affairs. November 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Soderberg, Susan C. (1998), The Met: A History of the Metropolitan Branch of the B&O Railroad, Its Stations and Towns, Germantown, MD: Germantown Historical Society, p. 38
^ Eileen McGuckian (May 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Rockville Railroad Station" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
^ "Rockville Railroad Station (supplement to NRHP submission)" (PDF). November 1986.
^ ^a ^b Zibart, Eve (December 16, 1984), "A rainbow coalition flocks to Red Line; 4 stops open amid hoopla", The Washington Post, p. A1
^ "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). WMATA. 2017. p. 3. Retrieved April 1, 2018.

External links

Media related to Rockville station at Wikimedia Commons

WMATA: Rockville Station

Rockville, MD – Amtrak
Rockville, MD – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
Rockville, MD (RKV) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)
USA Rail Guide: Rockville Amtrak-MARC-Washington Metro Station
Rockville Railroad Station, Montgomery County, Inventory No.: M: 26-12-1, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust website

[1] "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved April 26, 2017.

[2] "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of Maryland" (PDF). Amtrak Government Affairs. November 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2018.

[nris-3] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[Soderberg-4] Soderberg, Susan C. (1998), The Met: A History of the Metropolitan Branch of the B&O Railroad, Its Stations and Towns, Germantown, MD: Germantown Historical Society, p. 38

[mht_ihp-5] Eileen McGuckian (May 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Rockville Railroad Station" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.

[6] "Rockville Railroad Station (supplement to NRHP submission)" (PDF). November 1986.

[December_16,_1984-7] Zibart, Eve (December 16, 1984), "A rainbow coalition flocks to Red Line; 4 stops open amid hoopla", The Washington Post, p. A1

[8] "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). WMATA. 2017. p. 3. Retrieved April 1, 2018.

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+  | embed = yes
+  | location= 98 Church St., [[Rockville, Maryland]]
+  | coordinates = {{coord|39|4|58|N|77|8|42|W|display=inline}}
+| locmapin = Maryland#USA
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+  | architect= [[E. Francis Baldwin]]
+  | architecture= [[Queen Anne Style architecture (United States)|Queen Anne]]
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-'''Rockville''' is a joint [[Washington Metro]], [[MARC Train|MARC]], and [[Amtrak]] [[train station]] in [[Rockville, Maryland|Rockville]] in [[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery County]], [[Maryland]], [[United States]]. The station was opened on December 15, 1984, and is operated by the [[Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority]] (WMATA). The station is serviced by the [[Red Line (Washington Metro)|Red]] Line, and is located in downtown Rockville at [[Maryland Route 355|Hungerford Drive]] (MD&nbsp;355) near Park Avenue. The government buildings for Rockville and Montgomery County are located about two blocks away, as are those of several large companies. [[MARC Train|MARC's]] [[Brunswick Line]] commuter trains and [[Amtrak]]'s daily ''[[Capitol Limited (Amtrak)|Capitol Limited]]'' share the station building with Metro. The Metro portion of the station has an [[island platform]] with tracks on either side, while MARC and Amtrak use the two tracks adjacent to two side platforms on the east side of the station.
+'''Rockville station''' is a joint [[Washington Metro]], [[MARC Train|MARC]], and [[Amtrak]] [[train station]] in [[Rockville, Maryland|Rockville]] in [[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery County]], [[Maryland]], [[United States]]. The station was opened on December 15, 1984, and is operated by the [[Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority]] (WMATA). The station is serviced by the [[Red Line (Washington Metro)|Red]] Line, and is located in downtown Rockville at [[Maryland Route 355|Hungerford Drive]] (MD&nbsp;355) near Park Avenue. The government buildings for Rockville and Montgomery County are located about two blocks away, as are those of several large companies. [[MARC Train|MARC's]] [[Brunswick Line]] commuter trains and [[Amtrak]]'s daily ''[[Capitol Limited (Amtrak)|Capitol Limited]]'' share the station building with Metro. The Metro portion of the station has an [[island platform]] with tracks on either side, while MARC and Amtrak use the two tracks adjacent to two side platforms on the east side of the station.
+==History==
+[[File:Rockville MD B&O station 1978.jpg|thumb|left|Rockville station and freight house along tracks in 1978, before relocation]]
+The original Rockville station was built in 1873, and is one of the few survivors of the many picturesque county stations built along the [[Metropolitan Branch]] of the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] and other 19th-century American railroads. The architect was [[E. Francis Baldwin]], who also designed the adjoining freight house, built in 1887.<ref name="Soderberg">{{Citation  | last = Soderberg  | first = Susan C.  | author-link =  | title = The Met: A History of the Metropolitan Branch of the B&O Railroad, Its Stations and Towns  | place = Germantown, MD  | publisher = Germantown Historical Society | year = 1998 |page= 38 | isbn = }}</ref> It is a brick [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] picturesque structure with some [[Queen Anne Style architecture (United States)#Eastlake Style|Eastlake]] detailing, particularly in the roofline and gable decoration.<ref name="mht_ihp">{{cite web|url=https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-229.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Rockville Railroad Station |date=May 1973|accessdate=2016-01-01 |author=Eileen McGuckian|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}}</ref> The station was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1974 as the '''Rockville Railroad Station'''.<ref name="nris"/> It continued to serve as an Amtrak and commuter station until 1981, when the 400-ton station was moved about 50 meters to the south to make way for the [[Rockville station|Rockville Metro station]] which replaced it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/017000/017600/017665/pdf/msa_se5_17665.pdf |title=Rockville Railroad Station (supplement to NRHP submission) |date=November 1986}}</ref>
-An old [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] [[Rockville Railroad Station|station]] was moved to make way for the Metro. The station opened on December 15, 1984.<ref name="December 16, 1984">{{Citation |last =Zibart |first =Eve |title =A rainbow coalition flocks to Red Line; 4 stops open amid hoopla |newspaper =The Washington Post |page =A1 |date =December 16, 1984}}</ref> Its opening coincided with the completion of {{convert|7|mi|km}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/upload/Metro-Facts-2017-FINAL.pdf |title=Sequence of Metrorail openings |date=2017 |publisher=WMATA |page=3 |accessdate=April 1, 2018}}</ref> of rail northwest of the then named [[Grosvenor–Strathmore Station|Grosvenor]] station and the opening of the [[Shady Grove Station|Shady Grove]], [[Twinbrook Station|Twinbrook]], and [[White Flint Station|White Flint]] stations.<ref name="December 16, 1984"/>
+The modern station opened on December 15, 1984.<ref name="December 16, 1984">{{Citation |last =Zibart |first =Eve |title =A rainbow coalition flocks to Red Line; 4 stops open amid hoopla |newspaper =The Washington Post |page =A1 |date =December 16, 1984}}</ref> Its opening coincided with the completion of {{convert|7|mi|km}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/upload/Metro-Facts-2017-FINAL.pdf |title=Sequence of Metrorail openings |date=2017 |publisher=WMATA |page=3 |accessdate=April 1, 2018}}</ref> of rail northwest of the then named [[Grosvenor–Strathmore Station|Grosvenor]] station and the opening of the [[Shady Grove Station|Shady Grove]], [[Twinbrook Station|Twinbrook]], and [[White Flint Station|White Flint]] stations.<ref name="December 16, 1984"/>
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 ==Station layout==
-[[File:Rockville station - August 2018.jpg|right|thumb|The Amtrak/[[MARC Train|MARC]] side of the station as seen from the Martinsburg-bound platform]]
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-==Notable places nearby==
-* [[Rockville Mall|Rockville Town Center]]
-* [[Rockville Railroad Station]]
-* [[Montgomery College]]–Rockville campus
-* [[Richard Montgomery High School]]
-* [[Beall-Dawson House]]
 == References ==
-{{Reflist}}
+{{Reflist|30em}}
 == External links ==
-{{Commons category-inline|Rockville (WMATA station)}}
+{{Commons category inline}}
 * WMATA: [https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/stations/rockville.cfm Rockville Station]
 {{Amtrak web|RKV|Rockville, MD|MARYLAND}}
 *[http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/RKV Rockville, MD (RKV) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)]
-* StationMasters Online: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130203022725/http://www.stationmasters.com/System_Map/ROCKVILL/rockvill.html Rockville Station]
-* The Schumin Web Transit Center: [http://transit.schuminweb.com/transit/wmata/red-line.php?station=A14 Rockville Station]
 * USA Rail Guide: [http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/rockville.htm Rockville Amtrak-MARC-Washington Metro Station]
+*{{MHT url|id=231|title=Rockville Railroad Station, Montgomery County, Inventory No.: M: 26-12-1}}, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust website
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