Laurel (MARC station)

Laurel
MARC Commuter rail station
Laurel Railroad Station, December 2008
Location	22 Main Street Laurel, MD 20707
Line(s)	Camden Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	RTA 409 Second & Main Sts.
Construction
Parking	396 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes; 10 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1884
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	662 (MARC)
Services
Preceding station   MARC   Following station Muirkirk toward Union Station Camden Line Laurel Race Track toward Camden Station   Former services   Baltimore and Ohio Muirkirk toward Chicago Grand Central Station Main Line (Washington Branch) Annapolis Junction toward Baltimore Mount Royal Station
Laurel Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	East Main Street Laurel, Maryland
Coordinates	39°6′9″N 76°50′30″W / 39.10250°N 76.84167°W / 39.10250; -76.84167Coordinates: 39°6′9″N 76°50′30″W / 39.10250°N 76.84167°W / 39.10250; -76.84167
Built	1884
Architect	Ephraim Francis Baldwin
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP Reference #	73002165
Added to NRHP	March 30, 1973

Laurel is a historic passenger rail station on the MARC Camden Line in Laurel, Maryland, between Union Station in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore's Camden Station.

The Laurel Railroad Station was originally constructed in 1884 for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad along the railroad's Washington Branch, about halfway between Baltimore and Washington, DC. The architect was E. Francis Baldwin. The structure is constructed of brick, and is one and a half stories, modified rectangle in form with overhanging gabled and hipped roof sections with brackets and terra cotta cresting, and an interior chimney. There is a louvered lunette in one gable, stick work in another, and fish-scale shingling under truncated hipped section; shed shelter, segmental arched openings. It is Queen Anne in style. It is nearly identical in plan and dimensions to the Gaithersburg, Maryland station Baldwin designed, also built in 1884, although the rooflines and settings are quite different.

Laurel station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, (although one source claims it was 1972) and was reopened into a MARC station when the Camden Line was established.

A fire gutted the interior of the station, and damaged its roof and brick walls, in January 1992.

Laurel station is in the process of having its platforms rebuilt as part of a stimulus funding program announced by Vice President Joe Biden and Governor Martin O'Malley at the station in February 2009.

Ten bicycle lockers are available for rent at the station. The price for renting a locker was $70 per year as of January 2013, plus a $25 refundable security deposit. Lockers are not for short term use. The MTA Office of Customer Information (410-767-8749) is the point of contact for inquiries.