Reisterstown Plaza (Metro Subway station)
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The Reisterstown Plaza Metro Subway Station is one of 14 stops along the Baltimore Metro Subway line, located in Baltimore, Maryland, near the intersection of Patterson, and Wabash Avenues. It is the fourth most northern and western station on the line, with approximately 700 parking spaces. It is within a close distance to the Reisterstown Road Plaza, for which it is named. It is also near the northwest division of the Maryland Transit Administration
Maryland Transit Administration
The Maryland Transit Administration is a state-operated mass transit administration in Maryland, and is part of the Maryland Department of Transportation. It is better known as MTA Maryland to avoid confusion with other cities' transit agencies who share the initials MTA. The MTA operates a...

, where buses are stored.

Four buses currently serve this station:
  • 27 to Port Covington (SB)
  • 58
    Route 58 (MTA Maryland)
    Route 58 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line's western terminus is the Reisterstown Plaza Metro Subway Station, and its eastern terminus is White Marsh Mall, though some peak hour trips make short turns in Overlea....

     to Mt. Washington or Overlea or White Marsh
    White Marsh
    White Marsh or Whitemarsh can refer to:* White Marsh, Maryland, United States* White Marsh, the location of Sacred Heart Church *Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania, United States** Battle of White Marsh, a Revolutionary War battle...

     (EB)
  • 59
    Route 59 (MTA Maryland)
    Route 59 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs, mostly along Reisterstown Road. The line currently runs from the Reisterstown Plaza Metro Subway Station to the Owings Mills Town Center. The line was a split-off from Route M-9, and resembles the...

     to Owings Mills (NB)
  • 60
    Route 60 (MTA Maryland)
    Route 60 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently operates weekdays only from the Reisterstown Plaza Metro Subway Station to Stevenson University during peak hours and Greenspring Station midday.The route is based on that of the...

     to Mt. Washington or Greenspring Station or Stevenson University (EB)


Prior to 1987, when the Metro was extended to Owings Mills, the Reisterstown Plaza station was the final stop on the line in the northwestern direction.

In 1993, the Reisterstown Plaza station started to close early at 8 PM in order to save costs, and buses were extended to the Rogers Avenue station at the time. Within a few years, this early closure was abolished, and the station started to remain open until midnight again.

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