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Rockville station is an intermodal train station located in downtown Rockville, Maryland, United States. It is served by the Washington Metro Red Line, MARC Brunswick Line commuter trains, and Amtrak intercity trains.
The first Rockville station opened in 1873 as part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O)'s Metropolitan Branch (now the CSX Metropolitan Subdivision). B&O intercity service served the station until 1971; the station continued to be served by commuter trains (which became the Brunswick Line in the 1980s). Amtrak service began in 1973 with the Blue Ridge, followed by the Shenandoah in 1976, the Capitol Limited in 1981, and the Floridian in 2024.
The original station building, designed by Ephraim Francis Baldwin, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 as Rockville Railroad Station. It was moved slightly to the south in 1981 to make room for Metro construction and is among the few original Metropolitan Branch stations to survive.
The modern Metro station opened on December 15, 1984.
History
Original station
thumb|left|Rockville station and freight house in 1978, before its move
The original Rockville station was built in 1873 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) to serve its new Metropolitan Branch, which provided direct service from Washington, D.C., to points west. Designed by Ephraim Francis Baldwin, the railroad's head architect, it is a brick Victorian structure with some Eastlake detailing, particularly in the roofline and gable decoration.)
A freight house, also designed by Baldwin, was added in 1887. By 1890, the convenient access to the nation's capital had led Rockville's population to more than double.
When Amtrak took over intercity passenger service on May 1, 1971, it did not include any service on the B&O; Rockville was served only by three daily commuter round trips to Brunswick and Martinsburg. Amtrak introduced the West Virginian (later renamed the Potomac Turbo and Potomac Special) in September 1971; it did not stop at Rockville. The Shenandoah was replaced by the Capitol Limited on October 1, 1981, at which time weekend service ended on the Blue Ridge.
In 1986, the Blue Ridge was taken over by MARC as part of the Brunswick Line—the state-subsidized ex-B&O commuter service—leaving the Capitol Limited as the only Amtrak service to Rockville.
On January 26, 2010, two Metro employees were killed when they were hit by a piece of track equipment at the station. They were installing new train control equipment in the track bed on the outbound track of the Red Line. From September 11, 2021, to January 16, 2022, the Metro station was closed for canopy replacement. On November 10, 2024, the Capitol Limited was merged with the to become the Floridian.
Station layout
thumb|left|Amtrak/MARC platforms in July 2012
Rockville station is located on an embankment south of Park Road and east of Hungerford Drive and downtown Rockville. The two tracks of Metro's Red Line are served by a single island platform. Just to the east are the two tracks of the CSX Metropolitan Subdivision, flanked by two low-level side platforms used by Amtrak and MARC.