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Grosvenor–Strathmore station

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Grosvenor–Strathmore
WMATA Red.svg
Grosvenor strathmore.jpg
General information
Location10501 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, Maryland
Coordinates39°01′45″N 77°06′14″W / 39.029188°N 77.103904°W / 39.029188; -77.103904Coordinates: 39°01′45″N 77°06′14″W / 39.029188°N 77.103904°W / 39.029188; -77.103904
Owned byWMATA
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Ride On: 6, 37, 46, 96, 101
Construction
Structure typeopen-cut
Parking1,796 spaces including six free motorcycle parking spaces
Bicycle facilities40 racks and 30 lockers
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeA11
History
OpenedAugust 25, 1984; 38 years ago (1984-08-25)
Previous namesGrosvenor (1984–2005)
Passengers
20221,271 daily[1]
Rank62nd
Services
Preceding station WMATA Metro Logo.svg Washington Metro Following station
North Bethesda
toward Shady Grove
 Red Line Medical Center
toward Glenmont
Location

Grosvenor–Strathmore (formerly Grosvenor, pronounced /ˈɡroʊvnər/) is a rapid transit station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro in North Bethesda, Maryland. Grosvenor–Strathmore is the last above-ground station for Glenmont-bound Red Line trains until NoMa-Gallaudet U; south of the station, trains cross over the Capital Beltway before descending underground. It is one of a number of stations on the Rockville Pike corridor in Montgomery County.

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Red Line (Washington Metro)

Red Line (Washington Metro)

The Red Line is a rapid transit line of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 27 stations in Montgomery County, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is a primary line through downtown Washington and the oldest and busiest line in the system. It forms a long, narrow "U", capped by its terminal stations at Shady Grove and Glenmont.

Washington Metro

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The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates the Metrobus service under the Metro name. Opened in 1976, the network now includes six lines, 97 stations, and 129 miles (208 km) of route.

North Bethesda, Maryland

North Bethesda, Maryland

North Bethesda is an unincorporated, census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, located just north-west of the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. It had a population of 50,094 as of the 2020 census. Among its neighborhoods, the centrally-located, urbanizing district of White Flint is the commercial and residential hub of North Bethesda. The Pike & Rose development and the Pike District is an initiative of Montgomery County to brand and market this region as "North Bethesda's Urban Core". The WMATA North Bethesda metro station and Grosvenor-Strathmore metro station serve the region.

NoMa–Gallaudet U station

NoMa–Gallaudet U station

NoMa–Gallaudet U is an elevated, island platformed station on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) Metro system. It is located on the same embankment as the Amtrak tracks into Union Station. It serves the Red Line, and is situated between Union Station and Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood stations. NoMa–Gallaudet U is located near the intersection of New York Avenue and Florida Avenue in Northeast Washington, D.C. The station is within the NoMa neighborhood, which is both residential and commercial, and the station itself is in a commercial district on Florida Avenue. The station opened under the name New York Ave–Florida Ave–Gallaudet U on November 20, 2004, as both the system's first infill station and as the first to be built with a mix of public and private funds. Additionally, a portion of the Metropolitan Branch Trail was completed as part of its construction.

Montgomery County, Maryland

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Montgomery County is the most populous county in the state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 1,062,061, increasing by 9.3% from 2010. The county seat and largest municipality is Rockville, although the census-designated place of Germantown is the most populous place within the county. Montgomery County, which adjoins Washington, D.C., is part of the Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV metropolitan statistical area, which in turn forms part of the Baltimore–Washington combined statistical area. Most of the county's residents live in unincorporated locales, of which the most urban are Silver Spring and Bethesda, although the incorporated cities of Rockville and Gaithersburg are also large population centers, as are many smaller but significant places.

Location

Named after the nearby Grosvenor Lane, Grosvenor–Strathmore station lies within the unincorporated area of North Bethesda. Located to the east of Rockville Pike at its intersection with Tuckerman Lane, the main point of interest near the station is the Music Center at Strathmore.[2] In addition, it is the first stop outside of the Capital Beltway heading outbound towards Shady Grove on the Red Line.

History

Service to Grosvenor (named for its proximity to Grosvenor Lane) began on August 25, 1984.[3][4] Grosvenor Lane was located at the 100 acres (40 ha) farm of Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875–1966), the father of photojournalism and the first full-time editor of National Geographic from 1899 to 1954. He moved there from the Dupont Circle area in Washington, D.C. after buying the farmland in 1912.[5]

The station's opening coincided with the completion of 6.8 miles (10.9 km) of rail northwest of the Van Ness–UDC station and the opening of the Bethesda, Friendship Heights, Medical Center and Tenleytown stations.[3][4][6] It remained the western terminus of the Red Line until the extension of that line to Shady Grove that December.[7] Trains from Silver Spring terminated here during peak times until December 2018. [8]

In February 2005, the Music Center at Strathmore opened adjacent to the station, prompting the name change to Grosvenor–Strathmore. The arts complex and station are connected via an elevated pedestrian walkway, the Carlton R. Sickles Memorial Sky Bridge. Escalators and an underground walkway were also added to the station to allow customers to easily cross the busy road, Rockville Pike, that is adjacent to the station.

From March 26, 2020 until June 28, 2020, this station was closed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.[9][10][11]

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Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor

Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor

Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, father of photojournalism, was the first full-time editor of the National Geographic magazine (1899–1954). Grosvenor is credited with having built the magazine into the iconic publication that it is today.

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Strathmore (Maryland)

Strathmore (Maryland)

Strathmore is a cultural and artistic venue and institution in North Bethesda, Maryland, United States. Strathmore was founded in 1981 and consists of two venues: the Mansion and the Music Center.

Station layout

Grosvenor has one island platform located just east of Rockville Pike. Access to the station is provided by a passageway connecting the Pike and a large parking lot and garage east of the station. Bus bays and a kiss and ride lot are east of the station, but there is also a bus stop west of the station on Rockville Pike. The tracks in the open cut continue in a tunnel north of the station, and becomes briefly elevated south of the station before going underground.

G Street level Exit/entrance, buses, parking, fare gates, ticket machines, station agent
P
Platform level 		Westbound ← WMATA Red.svg toward Shady Grove (North Bethesda)
← WMATA Red.svg alighting passengers only (select rush hour trips)
Island platform
Eastbound → WMATA Red.svg toward Silver Spring or Glenmont (Medical Center) →

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An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on twin-track routes due to pragmatic and cost reasons. They are also useful within larger stations where local and express services for the same direction of travel can be provided from opposite sides of the same platform thereby simplifying transfers between the two tracks. An alternative arrangement is to position side platforms on either side of the tracks. The historical use of island platforms depends greatly upon the location. In the United Kingdom the use of island platforms is relatively common when the railway line is in a cutting or raised on an embankment, as this makes it easier to provide access to the platform without walking across the tracks.

Elevated railway

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Red Line (Washington Metro)

Red Line (Washington Metro)

The Red Line is a rapid transit line of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 27 stations in Montgomery County, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is a primary line through downtown Washington and the oldest and busiest line in the system. It forms a long, narrow "U", capped by its terminal stations at Shady Grove and Glenmont.

Shady Grove station

Shady Grove station

Shady Grove is a Washington Metro station in Derwood in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on December 15, 1984 as part of a four-stop extension of the line from Grosvenor–Strathmore station out to Shady Grove. The station is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).

North Bethesda station

North Bethesda station

North Bethesda station is a rapid transit station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro in North Bethesda, Maryland. The North Bethesda station was opened on December 15, 1984, as White Flint and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Red Line, the station serves residential and commercial areas of North Bethesda and Rockville and is located near the former White Flint Mall and the new Pike & Rose mixed-use development.

Silver Spring station (Maryland)

Silver Spring station (Maryland)

Silver Spring is a Washington Metro and MARC Train station in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Red Line and Brunswick Line. On the Metro, Silver Spring is the first station in Maryland of the eastern end of the Red Line, and is the second-busiest Metro station in Maryland after Shady Grove. North of this station, it goes underground as it heads towards the underground terminus of Glenmont.

Glenmont station

Glenmont station

Glenmont is a Washington Metro station in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Red Line. It is the northern terminus of the Red Line.

Medical Center station (Washington Metro)

Medical Center station (Washington Metro)

Medical Center is a Washington Metro station in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. The island-platformed station was opened on August 25, 1984, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Red Line, the station serves the National Institutes of Health campus and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and is located at Rockville Pike and South Drive. Since there is little retail in the area and no commuter parking lot, this station is used almost exclusively by employees and visitors to those two institutions.

Source: "Grosvenor–Strathmore station", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 14th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosvenor–Strathmore_station.

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Further Reading

Washington Metro

Tenleytown–AU station

Red Line (Washington Metro)

Friendship Heights station

Bethesda station

Medical Center station (Washington Metro)

North Bethesda station

Twinbrook station

Rockville station

Shady Grove station

West Falls Church station

Eisenhower Avenue station

Cheverly station

New Carrollton station

Wisconsin Avenue

Greensboro station (Washington Metro)

Bethesda–Silver Spring Line

Veirs Mill Road Line
References
  1. ^ "Rail Ridership Data Viewer". WMATA. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "Station Vicinity Map: Grosvenor–Strathmore" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Staff Reporters (August 25, 1984). "Red Line adds 6.8 miles; Opening ceremony for new segment set for today at Friendship Heights". The Washington Post. p. B1.
  4. ^ a b Brisbane, Arthur S. (August 26, 1984). "All aboard; Metro festivities welcome latest Red Line extension". The Washington Post. p. A1.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Patricia (November 9, 2006). "Obituary: Mabel Grosvenor, 101, Doctor, Granddaughter Of Inventor Bell". Boston Globe. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
  6. ^ "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2017. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 2, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  7. ^ Zibart, Eve (December 16, 1984). "A rainbow coalition flocks to Red Line; 4 stops open amid hoopla". The Washington Post. p. A1.
  8. ^ "Metro GM announces Montgomery County improvements | WMATA".
  9. ^ "Special Covid-19 System Map" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  10. ^ "Metrorail stations closed due to COVID-19 pandemic". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. March 23, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  11. ^ "Metro to reopen 15 stations, reallocate bus service to address crowding, starting Sunday | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
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