Germantown, Maryland

==Transportation==
[[File:Interstate 270 (northbound), Germantown, Maryland, September 9, 2013.jpg|thumb|right|[[Interstate 270 (Maryland)|I-270]] (northbound) in Germantown]]
Germantown is [[Bisection|bisected]] by [[Interstate 270 (Maryland)|I-270]], one of Maryland's busiest highways. Northbound traffic heads toward [[Frederick, Maryland|Frederick]] and [[Interstate 70 in Maryland|I-270]] and southbound traffic heads toward [[Bethesda, Maryland|Bethesda]] and the [[Capital Beltway]].<ref name="I-270">{{cite web|url=https://www.interstate-guide.com/i-270_md.html|title=Interstate 270 in Maryland|publisher=Interstate-Guide|access-date=August 16, 2017|archive-date=August 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817040639/https://www.interstate-guide.com/i-270_md.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> I-270 has three exits in Germantown.<ref name="I-270"/>
[[File:Wea04926 (39992248522).jpg|thumb|[[Germantown (MARC station)|Germantown MARC station]]]]
Germantown also has a [[Germantown (MARC station)|station]] on the [[MARC train]]'s [[Brunswick Line]], which operates over [[CSX]]'s [[Metropolitan Subdivision]]. The station building itself, at the corner of Liberty Mill Road and Mateny Hill Road, is a copy of the original 1891 structure designed by [[Ephraim Francis Baldwin|E. Francis Baldwin]] for the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mta.maryland.gov/marc-station-information#Brunswick|title=MARC Station Information – Brunswick Line|publisher=MARC|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref>  The modern station building was rebuilt after it was destroyed by arson in 1978.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://patch.com/maryland/germantown/the-germantown-train-station|title=Germantown Train Station History|date=January 23, 2013|publisher=Patch|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref>

The Montgomery County public transit bus system, [[Ride On (bus)|Ride On]], serving Montgomery County with over 100 bus routes, operates a major transit hub in Germantown known as the Germantown Transit Center.<ref name="GTC">{{cite web|url=http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dot-transit/|title=Ride On Bus|publisher=Montgomery County Department of Transportation|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref> The transit center serves approximately 20 routes, making it one of the largest transit centers in the county.<ref name="GTC"/>

{{As of|2017}}, a light rail system, the [[Corridor Cities Transitway]], is under evaluation. If constructed, the system would connect the terminal of the [[Red Line (Washington Metro)|Washington Metro Red Line]], [[Shady Grove station]] in nearby [[Derwood, Maryland|Derwood]] to Germantown and continue northward to [[Clarksburg, Maryland|Clarksburg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cctmaryland.com/|title=Corridor Cities Transitway Project Page|publisher=Maryland Transit Administration|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref>