Falls Road station

Falls Road station is a Baltimore Light Rail station in the southwest corner of Towson, Maryland, located near the Mount Washington neighborhood in the Jones Falls Valley. It has two side platforms serving two tracks.

Falls Road
Falls Road station in August 2018
General information
Location6101A Falls Road, Towson, Maryland
Coordinates39.3767°N 76.6497°W / 39.3767; -76.6497
Owned byMaryland Transit Administration
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport 60
Construction
Parking110 free spaces
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedApril 2, 1992[1]
Passengers
2017412 daily[2]
Services
Preceding station Maryland Transit Administration Following station
Mount Washington
toward BWI Airport or Glen Burnie
 Baltimore Light RailLink Lutherville
toward Hunt Valley

History

The stop is built near the former location of the old Bare Hills Station on the defunct Northern Central Railway (founded 1829 as the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad as the second rail line in that new concept of transportation to go out from the city (after the B. & O. Railroad in 1827), which ran south from the state capital Harrisburg, Pennsylvania through York until the mid 1950s and a large portion of which now is a hiking / biking trail and continues south through the valley as the "Jones Falls Trail" to the center city. A northwestern spur line of the Western Maryland Railway ran nearby past Lake Roland in the late 19th century towards Westminster, county seat in Carroll County from Relay House in Baltimore County.[3]

Images
Falls Road Station in January 2023
Falls Road Station in January 2023

References
  1. "Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration Media Guide" (PDF). Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration. 2017. pp. 15–16. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2018.
  2. "Light Rail Link Cornerstone Plan" (PDF). Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration. p. 15.
  3. File:PRR 1955 schedule.jpg
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