Directions by Train

The Brin MRC is located on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. The directions below lead you to the main entrance to the university on US Route 1. After arriving follow the directions to the Brin MRC. The Brin MRC is located on the 4th floor of the CSIC Building.

Metrorail from Washington D.C.

  • Take the Green Line train (toward Greenbelt); get off at the College Park/U of MD station.
  • The University's Shuttle-UM bus (#104) picks up university-bound passengers on the EAST side of the station.
  • Get off the Shuttle-UM at the "M" (or second) stop. Walk back towards the campus entrance gate (east) and turn left (north) at Paint Branch Drive. Cross the street at the first pedestrian crosswalk and you will see a large campus map on brick posts to your left. Take the northeasterly cut through sidewalk located behind the large campus MAP. This sidewalk will bring you directly to the south entrance of the CSIC Building #406.
  • WMATA website

AMTRAK

  • To Washington, D.C. (Union Station): Transfer to Metrorail system. Follow "Metrorail" directions above.
  • To New Carrollton, MD: Transfer to Metrorail system, taking the Orange Line to the Green Line, and following "Metrorail" directions above.
  • AMTRAK website

MARC from Baltimore (Camden Station)

  • Take the Camden Line train (toward Washington, D.C.); get off at the College Park station.
  • The University's Shuttle-UM bus (#104) picks up university-bound passengers on the EAST side of the station.
  • Get off the Shuttle-UM at the "M" (or second) stop. Walk back toward the campus entrance gate (east) and turn left (north) at Paint Branch Drive. Cross the street at the first pedestrian crosswalk and you will see a large campus map on brick posts to your left. Take the northeasterly cut-through sidewalk located behind the large campus MAP. This sidewalk will bring you directly to the south entrance of the CSIC Building #406.
  • MARC website

MARC from Baltimore (Penn Station/West Baltimore/BWI Airport)

  • Take the Penn Line train (toward Washington, D.C.); get off at Union Station.
  • Transfer to the Metrorail system.
  • Take the Red Line train (toward Glenmont); transfer at the Fort Totten station to the Green Line train (toward Greenbelt); get off at the College Park/U of MD station.
  • The University's Shuttle-UM bus (#104) picks up university-bound passengers on the EAST side of the station.
  • Get off the Shuttle-UM at the "M" (or second) stop. Walk back toward the campus entrance gate (east) and turn left (north) at Paint Branch Drive. Cross the street at the first pedestrian crosswalk and you will see a large campus map on brick posts to your left. Take the northeasterly cut through sidewalk located behind the large campus MAP. This sidewalk will bring you directly to the south entrance of the CSIC Building #406.
  • MARC website