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Rockville (WMATA Station)
Rockville station is an intermodal train station located in downtown Rockville, Maryland, United States. It is served by the Washington Metro Red Line, MARC Brunswick Line commuter trains, and Amtrak '' Capitol Limited'' intercity trains. Rockville station opened in 1873 when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) built their Metropolitan Branch (now the CSX Metropolitan Subdivision). B&O intercity service served the station until 1971; the station continued to be served by commuter trains (which became the Brunswick Line in the 1980s). Amtrak service began in 1973 with the '' Blue Ridge'', followed by the '' Shenandoah'' in 1976 and the ''Capitol Limited'' in 1981. The station building, designed by Ephraim Francis Baldwin, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 as Rockville Railroad Station. It was moved slightly to the south in 1981 to make room for Metro construction. The modern Metro station opened on December 15, 1984. History The Baltimore and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland Route 355
Maryland Route 355 (MD 355) is a north–south road in western central Maryland in the United States. The southern terminus of the route, Wisconsin Avenue, is located in the Bethesda, Maryland, Bethesda Census-designated place, CDP, at the Washington, D.C. border. It continues south into Washington, D.C. as Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, Washington, D.C., NW. The northern terminus is just north of a bridge over Interstate 70 in Maryland, Interstate 70 (I-70)/U.S. Route 40 in Maryland, U.S. Route 40 (US 40) in the city of Frederick, Maryland, Frederick in Frederick County, Maryland, Frederick County, where the road continues north as Market Street through Frederick towards Maryland Route 26, MD 26. MD 355 serves as a major thoroughfare through Frederick and Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery counties, passing through Bethesda, Maryland, Bethesda, Rockville, Maryland, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Maryland, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Maryland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brunswick Line
The Brunswick Line is a MARC commuter rail line between Washington, D.C., and Martinsburg, West Virginia, with a branch to Frederick, Maryland. It primarily serves the northern and western suburbs of Washington. The line, MARC's second longest at 74 miles, is operated under contract to MARC by Alstom and runs on CSX-owned track, including the Metropolitan, Old Main Line, and Cumberland Subdivisions. It is the successor to commuter services provided by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O), which date to the mid-19th century. History Prior to MARC, the B&O operated commuter trains between Washington and Martinsburg, which continued even after the start of Amtrak on May 1, 1971. Maryland began subsidizing the trains in 1974 and, in 1975, assumed full responsibility for the subsidy and equipment replacement. West Virginia followed suit soon after, guaranteeing service to its stations. In 1983, Marylandalong with a number of other Northeastern statestook control of its commuter rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capitol Limited (Amtrak Train)
The ''Capitol Limited'' is a daily Amtrak train between Washington, D.C., and Chicago, running via Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Service began in 1981 and was named after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's ''Capitol Limited'' which ended in 1971 upon the formation of Amtrak. It carries the Amtrak train numbers 29 and 30, which were previously assigned to the discontinued ''National Limited''. During fiscal year 2019, the ''Capitol Limited'' carried 209,578 passengers, down 4.3% from FY2018. The train had a total revenue of $18,973,626 in fiscal year 2016, down 0.7% from FY2015. In October 2020, Amtrak temporarily reduced service on all long-distance routes, including the Capitol Limited, to three days per week due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Regular daily service was restored on May 31, 2021, with funding from the American Rescue Plan. History On October 1, 1981, Amtrak stopped running the '' Shenandoah,'' which connected Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati, Ohio, and began runn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Virginian (Amtrak Train)
The ''West Virginian'', later known as the ''Potomac Turbo'' and ''Potomac Special'', was a daily passenger train operated by Amtrak between Washington, D.C. and Parkersburg, West Virginia. This route was previously served by the Baltimore & Ohio's (B&O) train of the same name, and was the first of several services in the state of West Virginia established at the behest of US Representative Harley Orrin Staggers (D-West Virginia), the powerful chair of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. This patronage earned the train the derisive sobriquets "Harley's Hornet" and the "Staggers Special". History West Virginian On its startup on May 1, 1971, Amtrak did not retain any of the three B&O intercity trains then operating west of Cumberland, Maryland. Commuter services between Washington, D.C. and Martinsburg, West Virginia continued unaffected. The situation displeased Staggers, through whose district the B&O route ran. Responding to pressure from Staggers, Amtrak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorian Architecture
Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. ''Victorian'' refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian were used in construction. However, many elements of what is typically termed "Victorian" architecture did not become popular until later in Victoria's reign, roughly from 1850 and later. The styles often included interpretations and eclectic revivals of historic styles ''(see Historicism)''. The name represents the British and French custom of naming architectural styles for a reigning monarch. Within this naming and classification scheme, it followed Georgian architecture and later Regency architecture, and was succeeded by Edwardian architecture. Although Victoria did not reign over the United States, the term is often used for American styles and buildings from the same period, as well as those from the British Empire. Victorian arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Spring Station (Baltimore And Ohio Railroad)
Silver Spring station (listed as the Silver Spring Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station on the National Register of Historic Places) is a former train station on the Metropolitan Subdivision in Silver Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland. It was built in 1945 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on the foundation of a previous station, a Victorian-style brick structure built in 1878. It served intercity trains until 1986 and light rail until 2000. Today, it is owned and operated as a museum by Montgomery Preservation, Inc., a non-profit organization. History The station was designed in the Colonial Revival style and built from standardized plans developed for B&O stations in the mid-1940s. In the Baltimore & Ohio era, the station was the first stop out of Washington on westbound long-distance trains. The roster in 1956 included: *'' Ambassador'' (Baltimore-Detroit) *''Capitol Limited'' (Jersey City-Chicago) *''Cleveland Night Express'' (Baltimore-Cleveland) *'' Columbian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capitol Limited At Rockville Station, February 1987
A capitol, named after the Capitoline Hill in Rome, is usually a legislative building where a legislature meets and makes laws for its respective political entity. Specific capitols include: * United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. * Numerous U.S. state and territorial capitols * Capitolio Nacional in Bogotá, Colombia * Capitolio Federal in Caracas, Venezuela * El Capitolio in Havana, Cuba * Capitol of Palau in Ngerulmud, Palau Capitol, capitols, or The Capitol may also refer to: ;Entertainment and Media * Capitol (board game), a Roman-themed board game * Capitol (The Hunger Games trilogy), a fictional city in The Hunger Games novels * ''Capitol'' (TV series), a U.S. soap opera * Capitol (collection), a book by Orson Scott Card * The Capitols, a Detroit, Michigan-based soul trio ;Business * Capitol Wrestling Corporation, a predecessor organization to World Wrestling Entertainment * Capitol Records, a U.S. record label * Capitol Air, originally known as Capitol Internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockville MD B&O Station 1978
Rockville may refer to: Places Australia *Rockville, Queensland, a suburb in the city of Toowoomba Canada * Rockville, Nova Scotia * Rockville, Ontario, a community in Northeastern Ontario Iceland * Rockville Air Station (Iceland), a former United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station that operated from 1952 to 1992 New Zealand * Rockville, New Zealand, a rural community near Collingwood, New Zealand. Historically a dairy farming community. Its local dairy factory is now the site of the Rockville Museum. South Africa *Rockville, Soweto, Gauteng United States * Rockville, Alabama * Rockville, California *Rockville, Connecticut * Rockville, Georgia *Rockville, Indiana, home of the Rockville Air Force Station, a former United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station that operated from 1951 to 1966 *Rockville, Iowa * Rockville, Maryland ** Rockville (WMATA station), a subway station **Rockville Park Historic District **Rockville Pike (Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property. The passage of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing resources within historic districts. For most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. Its goals are to help property owners and inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenandoah (Amtrak Train)
The ''Shenandoah'' was a daily passenger train operated by Amtrak between Washington and Cincinnati from 1976 until 1981. History The ''Shenandoah'' began operating on October 31, 1976.Corridor Takeover, New Equipment, Highlight Amtrak's 1976 ''Amtrak News'' January 15, 1977 page 1 The name came from the '' Shenandoah'', a Washington to Akron train operated by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad until Amtrak took over the nation's passenger trains in 1971. Connecting service at Cincinnati to Chicago was provided by the ''Mountaineer''/''James Whitcomb Riley'' until 1977, after which it was provided by the ''Cardinal''. Amtrak discontinued the ''Shenandoah'' on September 30, 1981, citing low ridership. Amtrak considered the ''Shenandoah'' one of its "weakest lines"; the Department of Transportation had recommended its discontinuance in 1979. Service on the Washington–Cumberland segment of the ''Shenandoah'' was replaced by the new Washington–Pittsburgh–Chicago ''Capi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Ridge (train)
The ''Blue Ridge'' was a daily Amtrak passenger train that operated between Washington, D.C. and Cumberland, Maryland (Martinsburg, West Virginia after 1976). Service began in 1973; it was merged into the MARC Brunswick Line commuter rail service in 1986. History The ''Blue Ridge'' was introduced on May 7, 1973, as a replacement for the ''Potomac Special''. It was curtailed from the ''Potomac Special'' terminus of Parkersburg, West Virginia to Cumberland, and retimed to better serve commuters. In December 1975, the ''Blue Ridge'' became the first train outside the Northeast Corridor to receive new Amfleet coaches. The ''Blue Ridge'' was truncated to Martinsburg on October 31, 1976 upon the introduction of the Washington–Cincinnati, Ohio '' Shenandoah''. Weekend service was dropped on October 1, 1981 amid cuts to Amtrak services. In 1986, Amtrak transferred the ''Blue Ridge'' to the Maryland Mass Transit Administration (now the Maryland Transit Administration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Branch
Metropolitan may refer to: * Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories * Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England * Metropolitan county, a type of county-level administrative division of England Businesses * Metro-Cammell, previously the Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company * Metropolitan-Vickers, a British heavy electrical engineering company * Metropolitan Stores, a Canadian former department store chain * Metropolitan Books, an imprint of Henry Holt and Company Colleges and universities * Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom * London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom * Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom * Metropolitan Community College (Omaha), United States * Metropolitan State University of Denver, United States ** Metro State Roadrunners * Metropolitan State University, in Saint Paul, Minnesota * Oslo Metropolitan University, Norw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
