Mount Washington station is a

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station in the Mt. Washington neighborhood of

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. The station has two

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s serving two tracks.

History

The station was built in the location of the Mt. Washington station of the defunct

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. When the current stop opened in 1992, it had only a single track for trains traveling in either direction. A second track was added when the Light Rail's double-tracking project for this station was completed in 2005. MTA buses do not serve the station directly due to narrow streets. Instead, they use a bus loop in Mt. Washington Village along Kelly Avenue, which was constructed in 1949 as a temporary layover for buses following the conversion from streetcars.

References

External links

Station from Google Maps Street View
{{Authority control 1992 establishments in Maryland Baltimore Light Rail stations Mount Washington, Baltimore Railway stations in Baltimore Railway stations in the United States opened in 1992