Shot Tower station

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Shot Tower
Metro SubwayLink station
Shot Tower Market Place Station.jpg
Shot Tower station 2017
General information
LocationBaltimore and South President Streets
Baltimore, Maryland
Owned by Maryland Transit Administration
Platforms1
Tracks2
Connections MTA Maryland Buses
Construction
ParkingStreet
Bicycle facilities Bike Share Stop #7 (12 docks)
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedMay 1995
Previous namesShot Tower/Market Place (1995–2017)
Passengers
20171,712 daily [1]
Services
Preceding station MDOT-MTA Logo.svg Maryland Transit Administration Following station
Charles Center
toward Owings Mills
Metro SubwayLink Johns Hopkins Hospital
Terminus
Location
Shot Tower station

Shot Tower station (formerly Shot Tower/Market Place station) is an underground Metro SubwayLink station in Baltimore, Maryland. It is in the central part of the city, in close proximity to many well-known landmarks, including the Shot Tower for which it is named, Port Discovery, Power Plant Live!, the Harbor campus of Baltimore City Community College, the National Aquarium, the Flag House, and Little Italy. The station has two street-level entrances, but unlike other Baltimore Metro stations that do, both these entrances share a common gate inside the station. The Shot Tower station is one of two stops in the third phase of the Baltimore Metro, having opened in 1995. Originally named Shot Tower/Market Place to showcase the proximity to the Market Place development, MTA Maryland dropped Market Place from its title with the 2017 rebranding of BaltimoreLink.

Contents

Four display cases of artifacts found when digging during the construction of the station may be seen on the west side of the upper level of the station, on the unpaid side of the faregates.

Media

In Season 2, Episode 1 of House of Cards , U.S. Rep. Frank Underwood (D-S.C.) meets with reporter Zoe Barnes at the fictitious Cathedral Heights Metro station. The actual scene was filmed at Shot Tower station in Baltimore.

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