Frederick MARC Station

The exterior of the facility is very nicely kept and the architecture itself, while the building was only built in the year 2000, it looks almost as if it was built around the same time as the majority of buildings in Frederick, Maryland…
That is the only positive comment I can make, but I do always try to make positive comments on reviews, & I try to be as fair as I possibly can.
Very rude staff –completely awful ownership of the business that runs the local government owned building (the business owner is merely a subcontractor for local government.) it is not unusual to witness said owner treating patrons of the station as well as employees of his own working on-​site in a very disrespectful manner. Absolutely ZERO class. But… on the other hand, it’s not exactly like one is visiting the ritz-​carlton when they’re going to the local train /​bus station. That said, common courtesy is a trait that all people should foster and encourage. Unfortunately common courtesy let alone customer Service are both pretty much 100% absent from the service providers inside the station. My advice is pretty simple, if you have the ability, purchase your trip travel tickets ahead of time online or via phone so that you do not have to interact with the personnel at the station, or, at the very least so that you can minimize the amount that you have to deal with that very poorly run management «joke.» Best of luck!

A quaint little station near downtown. The Frederick MARC station is shared with Greyhound, so in case you need an expensive bus ride to Pittsburgh or DC. I have heard MegaBus stops here, but have never seen one. Also all TransIT buses meet here with the MARC to take you to wherever the hell you need to go by city bus. Sadly, there is only a taxi queue, but not parking for commuters. For that, you have to go to Monococy Station.
MARC trains are usually on time, and arrive early on the evening commute. there is a soda machine and some snacks sold when the ticket office is open. The only downside is that there tends to be some shady people lurking around and not many cops around to run them off.

A 12 hour trip took 16 hours because the bus driver kept having to stop for personal reasons and did not bother to tell passengers their locations along the way so they could phone ahead to those picking them up to say how late they would be.
The station itself is very difficult to find. Once you do find it there’s no place to park. I finally pulled up after circling downtown Frederick for an hour in a maze of one way only streets and just pulled in where the taxis were allowed to wait.
Waited forever there until finally a bus pulled up. Phew I thought. Finally!
However the driver of bus blew his horn a good 30 ft behind me, so far that I didn’t even know it was me he was blowing at and he refused to pull the bus in until I moved my car!
Sure would like to know where one should park when picking someone up!
Only 3 stars because the fare was reasonable.