Shady Grove Station 
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15903 Somerville Drive, Rockville, MD 20855
Metro Line: Red Line.
Metro Schedule: Opens at 4:47 a.m.
Metro Entrance: The station has an entrance or exit at Somerville Drive and Redland Blvd.
Metro Platform
The Shady Grove Metro Station has 1 island platform and two tracks. Each train goes in two directions named for the last stop on the Red line.
Red Line: Shady Grove --- Glenmont
The Red Line goes in two directions: Shady Grove and Glenmont.
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First and Last Trains
First Trains: Trains leave exactly 2 hours later on Saturdays and Sundays.
Red line train from Glenmont - 4:57 AM (The first train leaves before 5 AM)
Last Trains: Trains leave exactly 3 hours later on Friday and Saturday nights.
Red line train from Glenmont - 11:30 PM
Bus Connections
The Shady Grove Station connects passengers to other areas in Maryland. From this station, passengers can transfer to WMATA Metrobus and Montgomery County's Ride On bus. The bus routes serving the station are listed below.
Metrobus:
Q1 , Q2 , Q4 , Q5 , Q6 - Veirs Mill Road Line
Ride On Bus:
46 - Rockville-MD355-Medical Center
53 - Shady Grove-Glenmont
55 - Rockville-Germantown Transit Center
57 - Shady Grove-Lakeforest
58 - Shady Grove-Lakeforest
59 - Rockville-Montgomery Village
60 - Shady Grove-Montgomery Village
61 - Shady Grove-Germantown Transit Center
63 - Rockville-Shady Grove
64 - Shady Grove-Montgomery Village
65 - Shady Grove-Montgomery Village
66 - Shady Grove-Traville Transit Center
67 - Shady Grove-Traville Transit Center
71 - Shady Grove-Kingsview Park and Ride
78 - Shady Grove-Kingsview Park and Ride
79 - Shady Grove-Germantown
90 - Shady Grove-Damascus
The map below shows you where to board your bus from the Shady Grove Station. Consult the Bus stop information from table below for routing and schedule information about each route serving the Shady Grove Metro Station. To see a larger version of the images below, click on them.
Bike Racks at Shady Grove Station
There are 32 bike racks and 60 lockers at this station. Bicycle racks are available for free on a first-come, first-use basis. Bicycle lockers are available for rent. So you can ride your bicycle to the metro station, leave it there, and take Metro or Metrobus.
Bicycle lockers provide secure parking by improving protection from theft, vandalism, and weather. Each locker is designed to hold one bicycle and bicycle gear. When you rent a locker, you are given a key to open your assigned locker. The space inside is about 1.2m (4 feet) high x 1.9m (6 feet, 5 inches) deep x 0.9m (3 feet) wide at the door and narrows toward the back of the locker. Most standard bicycles will fit inside. However, longer bicycles such as tandem bikes or some recumbent bikes will not fit into the lockers.
To rent a locker, send an email to bikelocker@wmata.com providing your name, address, contact phone number, email address, and station of interest. All locker rentals cost $200 per year, and are subject to availability.
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Metro Parking at Shady Grove Station
All Day Parking
There are 5,745 parking spots. Cost/day is $4.50. Parking fees are collected upon exit from 10:30 a.m. to Metro closing hours. Parking fees can be paid using SmarTrip® Card and credit cards.
Short-term Metered Parking
There are 76 parking spots. Parking is available from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. - 2 a.m. The rate is $1.00 per 60 mins. Meters at short-term parking spaces accept only quarters and $1 coins.
Reserved Parking
There is reserved parking at the East side of Frederick Road (Rt. 355) near Redland Ave. The reserved rate is $65. Monthly permit holders are required to pay the daily fee each time they park. The daily fee is in addition to the $65 monthly permit fee.
Free Parking
Parking is free at Metro-operated lots and garages on weekends and federal holidays. Most weekends, it is easy to find a space at Metro parking lots.
Photo by M.V. Jantzen
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Shady Grove Station
The Shady Grove Station is located in Maryland serving the cities of Rockville and Gaithersburg. It is the furthest northwestern station into Maryland on the Red line.
The Shady Grove Station has large parking lots on both sides of the station as well as a parking garage. Shady Grove is currently one of the busiest stations in all of Maryland swapping with Silver Spring every other year. It carries an average daily ridership of 14,107 people per day. The 5,745 parking spaces fill up early during the week (around 8:30 a.m.).
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