Garrett Park (MARC station)
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Garrett Park MARC station is a commuter rail station in Garrett Park
Garrett Park, Maryland
Garrett Park is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland. It was named for a former president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, but whether specifically for John Garrett or Robert W. Garrett is a matter of some disagreement between sources. The population was 917 at the 2000 census...

, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

. It is a stop on the Brunswick Line.

Train service

The MARC Train
MARC Train
MARC , known prior to 1984 as Maryland Rail Commuter Service, is a regional rail system comprising three lines in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. MARC is administered by the Maryland Transit Administration , a Maryland Department of Transportation agency, and is operated under contract...

 makes eight full stops at Garrett Park. The train also makes two flag stops. The station has no building but it does have a small shelter. Tickets can be bought on the train.

Platform

The platform is concrete with a shelter on the Washington-Bound side. It is long enough to enable 3 single level cars to stop at the platform, although only one set of doors is used to board/unload. The shelter was from the old Landover station.

Sources

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