Glenmont (Washington Metro)

Glenmont
Washington Metro rapid transit station
Location	12501 Georgia Avenue Glenmont, MD 20906
Coordinates	39°3′42.4″N 77°3′11″W / 39.061778°N 77.05306°W / 39.061778; -77.05306
Owned by	WMATA
Line(s)	Red Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Ride On: 10, 26, 31, 33, 39, 41, 49, 51, 53 Metrobus: C8, Y2, Y7, Y8
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Parking	2,998 spaces
Bicycle facilities	36 racks, 48 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	B11
History
Opened	July 25, 1998; 18 years ago (1998-07-25)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	6,185 daily   1.36%
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station Wheaton toward Shady Grove Red Line Terminus

Glenmont is a Washington Metro station in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Red Line. This is the northeastern terminus of the Red Line.

Glenmont is the only station on the Red Line to feature the six-coffer arch design. The six-coffer design is also seen on the Green Line. Glenmont is also unique in that it is the only underground terminus station on the metro system. Until 2006, Glenmont was also the only station in the system lit with sodium lamps, which gave the station a warm orange glow. These sodium lamps were replaced with the mercury vapor lamps found in other underground stations. The Glenmont rail yard is located just beyond this station, with the ability to store 132 rail cars.

There are two entrances for access to Glenmont station. They are on both sides of Georgia Avenue (MD-97). Unlike older Metro stations, there are two street elevators, though there is only one platform elevator. Many Metrobus routes serve the station.

The station, located at Georgia Avenue and Layhill Road, serves the suburbs of Glenmont and Aspen Hill. Service began on July 25, 1998.

There is a car-storage lot just north of the station on a lot that was purchased by the county for the proposed Foxhall Elementary School and Layhill Junior High School, neither of which were built.

Glenmont was planned to be the location of the end of a line in the original layout of the Metrorail system that was approved in 1968. Two months later, the Glenmont Vicinity Citizens Association and several other citizens' groups attempted to have the line end at Silver Spring instead because they did not want the added development and they thought the extended lines would be too expensive. There were also concerns that the line would eventually be extended to Olney, which would change its rural character. The House Interior Appropriates Subcommittee was not convinced, and the plan went along unchanged. At the time, the station was planned to open in 1979.

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