Rockville station

Rockville
Location	251 Hungerford Drive (Metro & Amtrak) 307 South Stonestreet Avenue (MARC) Rockville, MD 20850
Coordinates	39°05′03″N 77°08′46″W / 39.084238°N 77.146125°WCoordinates: 39°05′03″N 77°08′46″W / 39.084238°N 77.146125°W
Owned by	WMATA
Platforms	1 island platform (Red Line) 2 side platforms (MARC & Amtrak)
Tracks	4 (2 for each service)
Connections	Ride On: 44, 45, 46, 47, 52, 55, 56, 59, 63, 81 Metrobus: Q1, Q4, Q5, Q6, T2
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Parking	524 spaces
Bicycle facilities	69 racks, 40 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: RKV Metro: A14
History
Opened	July 25, 1984
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	585 (MARC)
Passengers (2015)	4424 daily [1]  7.23% (Metro)
Passengers (2015)	4883 annually[2]  8.5% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station Shady Grove Terminus Red Line Twinbrook toward Glenmont MARC Washington Grove toward Martinsburg or Frederick Brunswick Line Garrett Park toward Union Station Amtrak Harpers Ferry toward Chicago Capitol Limited Washington, DC Terminus

Rockville is a joint Washington Metro, MARC, and Amtrak train station in Rockville, 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.

An old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station was moved to make way for the Metro. The station opened on December 15, 1984.^[3] Its opening coincided with the completion of 7 miles (11 km)^[4] of rail northwest of the then named Grosvenor station and the opening of the Shady Grove, Twinbrook, and White Flint stations.^[3]

Station layout

The Amtrak/MARC side of the station as seen from the Washington D.C.-bound platform

P WMATA Platform level	Westbound	← Red Line toward Shady Grove (Terminus)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→ Red Line toward Glenmont (Twinbrook) →
M	Mezzanine	One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance, Amtrak/MARC platforms
	Side platform
	Inbound	← Brunswick Line toward Martinsburg or Frederick (Washington Grove) ← Capitol Limited toward Chicago (Harpers Ferry)
	Outbound	→ Brunswick Line toward Washington Union Station (Garrett Park) → → Capitol Limited toward Washington Union Station (Terminus) →
	Side platform

Notable places nearby

• Rockville Town Center
• Rockville Railroad Station
• Montgomery College–Rockville campus
• Richard Montgomery High School
• Beall-Dawson House

References

1. "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of Maryland" (PDF). Amtrak Government Affairs. November 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
3. Zibart, Eve (December 16, 1984), "A rainbow coalition flocks to Red Line; 4 stops open amid hoopla", The Washington Post, p. A1
4. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Retrieved July 30, 2010.

External links

Media related to Rockville (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• WMATA: Rockville Station
• StationMasters Online: Rockville Station
• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Rockville Station

• Amtrak – Stations – Rockville, MD
• USA Rail Guide: Rockville Amtrak-MARC-Washington Metro Station
• Rockville, MD (RKV) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)