Fairgrounds station (formerly Timonium station and Timonium Fairgrounds station) is a

Baltimore Light RailLink The Baltimore Light RailLink (formerly Baltimore Light Rail, also known simply as the "Light Rail") is a light rail system serving Baltimore, Maryland, United States, and its northern and southern suburbs. It is operated by the Maryland Transi ...

station located adjacent to the

Maryland State Fair The Maryland State Fair is an annual event held in the state of Maryland. It is hosted at the Maryland State Fairgrounds, located near York and Timonium roads in Timonium. As of 2006, the fair has been traditionally scheduled for a duration o ...

grounds in

Timonium, Maryland Timonium is a census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it has a population of 10,458. Prior to 2010 the area was part of the Luth ...

. The station has two

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s serving two tracks.

History

The

Northern Central Railway The Northern Central Railway (NCRY) was a Class I Railroad in the United States connecting Baltimore, Maryland, with Sunbury, Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River. Completed in 1858, the line came under the control of the Pennsylvania R ...

had a Timonium station near the modern location of the Fairgrounds station. Prior to the opening of the Light Rail in 1992, the location was a park-and-ride lot with express bus service to

downtown Baltimore Downtown Baltimore is the central business district of the Baltimore, city of Baltimore traditionally bounded by Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (Baltimore), Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to the west, List of streets in Baltimore#F, Frank ...

. From 1992 until the opening of the Hunt Valley extension in 1997, the station was the northern terminus of the line. Cromwell (Yellow) service terminates at Fairgrounds during peak hours; a pocket track (at the unfinished Texas station to the north) is used to reverse trains.

References

External links

MTA Maryland - Light Rail stations
Baltimore Light Rail stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1992 Timonium, Maryland Railway stations in Baltimore County, Maryland 1992 establishments in Maryland {{Maryland-railstation-stub