Twinbrook Station - DC Metro
Red Line - station in Rockville, MD.
About Twinbrook station
Twinbrook is a Montgomery County commuter station on the Rockville Pike corridor, with a Metro parking garage on one side and an area that has been steadily redeveloping on the other. For most of its life it was a straightforward park-and-ride: drive in from Rockville or Aspen Hill, leave the car, ride the Red Line downtown. That is still the core function, and the roughly eleven hundred parking spaces get used. What has changed is the immediate surroundings, where mixed-use development has brought apartments and retail within walking distance of the platform. It remains a practical rather than a scenic station — the reason to get off here is that you live or work nearby.
The area around Twinbrook
Twinbrook sits between Rockville proper and the North Bethesda office corridor, an area of postwar single-family neighborhoods, garden apartments and the commercial sprawl of Rockville Pike. Recent development around the station has added denser housing and ground-floor retail. Riders are almost entirely commuters — Montgomery County residents heading into Bethesda, downtown Washington or the biotech offices along the pike.
First and last trains at Twinbrook
Departure times by direction. Which way you are traveling matters – the last train toward one terminal can be an hour before the last train the other way.
| Day | Toward | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon-Thu | Glenmont | 5:07 am | 11:38 pm |
| Mon-Thu | Shady Grove | 5:34 am | 12:37 am |
| Fri | Glenmont | 5:07 am | 1:38 am |
| Fri | Shady Grove | 5:34 am | 2:37 am |
| Sat | Glenmont | 6:07 am | 1:38 am |
| Sat | Shady Grove | 6:40 am | 2:37 am |
| Sun | Glenmont | 6:07 am | 11:38 pm |
| Sun | Shady Grove | 6:46 am | 12:37 am |
Travel times and fares from Twinbrook
| To | Time | Weekday to 9:30pm | Late night & weekend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metro Center | 29 min | $6.65 | $2.50 |
| Gallery Pl-Chinatown | 31 min | $6.75 | $2.50 |
| L'Enfant Plaza | 39 min | $6.75 | $2.50 |
| Union Station | 35 min | $6.75 | $2.50 |
| Smithsonian | 37 min | $6.75 | $2.50 |
| Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | 49 min | $6.75 | $2.50 |
| Washington Dulles International Airport | 87 min | $6.75 | $2.50 |
| Pentagon | 44 min | $6.75 | $2.50 |
| Shady Grove | 7 min | $3.00 | $2.50 |
| Glenmont | 60 min | $6.75 | $2.50 |
Travel times and fares published by WMATA. Fares valid July 2026.
Changing lines at Twinbrook
Twinbrook is served by the Red Line only.
Parking at Twinbrook
Tips for using Twinbrook
- The station garage has roughly eleven hundred spaces and is the main reason most riders come here; weekday parking fees apply.
- Rockville station is one stop north if you need the county courthouse, the town center, or a MARC Brunswick Line connection.
- Rockville Pike is a wide, fast arterial — if you are walking east from the station, stick to the signalized crossings.
Twinbrook station FAQ
Around eleven hundred, in the Metro garage beside the station. It is a genuine commuter facility and the spaces do get taken on weekday mornings. Current fees and hours are posted on wmata.com.
No. The nearest MARC Brunswick Line connection on this stretch of the Red Line is at Rockville, one station north, where the MARC platform sits directly alongside the Metro station.
The immediate area around the station has been redeveloped with apartments and some ground-floor retail, so there is more within walking distance than there used to be. Beyond that it is the Rockville Pike commercial corridor, which is built for driving rather than walking.
Twinbrook is well up the Maryland branch, so it is a longer ride than the inner suburbs — the train runs through White Flint, Grosvenor and Bethesda before reaching Friendship Heights and the District. It is a single-seat trip with no transfer needed for downtown.