State Center station
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State Center station (formerly State Center/Cultural Center station) is an underground Baltimore Metro SubwayLink station in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a transit hub offering connections to the Baltimore Light RailLink system, the tenth most northern and western station on the line, the first one in the area viewed by many as "downtown Baltimore," and is within a 2 block walk of the Cultural Center station on the Light RailLink syste, via Preston Street, and many area landmarks.
State Center | |||||||||||
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Metro SubwayLink station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 302 West Preston Street (Preston and Eutaw Streets) Baltimore, Maryland | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39.30158°N 76.62299°W / 39.30158; -76.62299 | ||||||||||
Owned by | Maryland Transit Administration | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Light RailLink (at Cultural Center station) MTA Maryland Buses | ||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | November 21, 1983 | ||||||||||
Previous names | State Center/Cultural Center (1983–2017) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2017 | 1,661 daily[1] | ||||||||||
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The stations elevator and escalator entrance is located on the corner of West Preston Street and North Eutaw Street which is directly adjacent to the Maryland States Office Complex, hence the name "State Center." It is within the boundaries of the Madison Park neighborhood and is also very close to the adjacent neighborhoods of Bolton Hill, Mid-Town Belvedere, Mount Vernon, and Seton Hill.