Lutherville Light Rail Stop

Lutherville
Baltimore Light Rail station
Southbound train arriving in August, 2009
Location	150 Ridgely Road West Lutherville, Maryland 21093
Coordinates	39°25′45″N 76°37′38″W / 39.429133°N 76.62718°W / 39.429133; -76.62718Coordinates: 39°25′45″N 76°37′38″W / 39.429133°N 76.62718°W / 39.429133; -76.62718
Owned by	Maryland Transit Administration
Line(s)	Light Rail Hunt Valley – BWI Marshall   Light Rail Hunt Valley – Cromwell
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	8, 9
Construction
Parking	329 free spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1992
Services
Preceding station   MTA Maryland   Following station Falls Road toward BWI Marshall Airport Light Rail Hunt Valley – BWI Marshall Timonium Business Park toward Hunt Valley Falls Road toward Cromwell Station/Glen Burnie Light Rail Hunt Valley – Cromwell

Lutherville station is an intermodal transit station in Lutherville, Maryland. It serves the Baltimore Light Rail and is a hub for bus routes 8 and 9. The station, which is located at a dead end at the west end of Ridgely Road, has 286 spaces for commuters. Prior to the opening of the light rail in 1992, the parking lot was known as the Lutherville Park-and-Ride. Before this, the line was used by the former Northern Central Railway, which contained a station in Lutherville. Route 11 buses ran from this location to downtown Baltimore, and were discontinued one month after the light rail first opened in favor of their operation to Towson and the extension of Route 8 buses to Lutherville.

On July 5, 2009, the bodies of two teenage boys were discovered by a fare enforcement officer on the tracks near the Lutherville station. MTA considered the deaths accidental. The accident was not reported by the driver of any train, but surveillance video captured the train striking the boys. It is believed that they were killed while walking on the opposing tracks, assuming they would see oncoming trains, but they were unaware trains in both directions were temporarily operating on the same track. The operator of the train denied being aware of having hit the boys, and a subsequent investigation was launched by law enforcement agencies to determine if the operator was using a cell phone or texting. A small, impromptu memorial to the two boys was set up at the station by relatives in the days following the incident.

In December 2009, MTA announced that it would be firing two operators and disciplining six other employees as a result of the crash and the fallout the followed. They stated that it was unclear whether better following these procedures would have saved the boys' lives.