Falls Road station

Falls Road station serves as a stop on the Baltimore Light Rail system, situated in the southwestern area of Towson, Maryland. It lies close to Baltimore's Mount Washington district and the Bare Hills Historic District within the Jones Falls Valley. The station comprises two side platforms, each adjacent to one of the two tracks that accommodate travel in opposite directions. A 0.3-mile-long boardwalk links the station's parking area directly to Lake Roland Park.

History

Positioned near the site of the former Bare Hills station along the now-defunct Northern Central Railway, this route once connected Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Baltimore until operations ceased in the mid-1950s. Much of the original NCR rail corridor stretching between Baltimore and York has since been repurposed into recreational paths such as the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail and the Jones Falls Trail. Meanwhile, Interstate 83 has become the main transportation artery linking these cities. In addition, a northwestern branch of the Western Maryland Railway, dating back to the late 19th century, passed close to Lake Roland en route to Westminster.