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Dickerson is a passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line, situated between
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, and Martinsburg, WV (with an extension to
Frederick, MD Frederick is a city in, and the county seat of, Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Frederick's population was 78,171 people as of the 2020 census, making it the second-largest incorporated city in Maryland behind Baltimore. It is a part ...
). The station was designed by E. Francis Baldwin and built by the
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in 1891. It is the last station that Frederick-bound trains pass before branching onto the Frederick Branch. It is the least used station on the MARC Brunswick Line. The station sees 4 trains a day in and outbound, and 15 parking spaces available directly adjacent to the station.MARC station list (includes Dickerson)
''MARC official website''


Station layout

The station is not compliant with the
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, as it lacks raised platforms for level boarding.


See also

* Frederick Branch (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)


References


External links


Dickerson station official website


Brunswick Line Railway stations in Montgomery County, Maryland Former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stations MARC Train stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1891 {{Maryland-railstation-stub