Boyds | ||||||||||||||
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| MARC commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||
 The station at Boyds, as seen from the parking lot in July 2012. | ||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 15031 Clopper Road, Boyds, Maryland[1] | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°11′03.2″N 77°18′51.2″W / 39.184222°N 77.314222°W | |||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Metropolitan Subdivision | |||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||
| Accessible | No[2] | |||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 1, 1873 (ceremonial opening)[3] May 25, 1873 (regular passenger service)[3][4] | |||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1887[5] | |||||||||||||
| Key dates | ||||||||||||||
| 1928 | 1887 station depot razed[5] | |||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||
| November 2022 | 9 (daily)[6] (MARC) | |||||||||||||
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Boyds is an active commuter railroad train station in Boyds, Montgomery County, Maryland. Located on Clopper Road west of the junction with Maryland Routes 117 and 121, the station services trains of MARC's Brunswick Line between Union Station in Washington, D.C. and Martinsburg, West Virginia, along with some trains to Frederick, Maryland. Trains for Amtrak's Capitol Limited bypass the station. The next station west is Barnesville and the next one east is Germantown. Boyds station consists of two low-level side platforms and a single three-sided glass shelter, along with a small parking lot. Boyds station includes a 1931-built pedestrian tunnel originally built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.[7]
Boyds station began operations with the opening of the Metropolitan Branch Railroad on May 25, 1873. The station was named after James A. Boyd, a wealthy contractor who helped build the new railroad through the area.[3][4] Ephraim Francis Baldwin, the architect for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, designed a brick combination station at Boyds the railroad built in 1887. This structure lasted until 1928.[5]
