Upton (sometimes Avenue Market is also referenced in the station name, although no signs on the platform reference this) is an underground Baltimore Metro Station. The concrete walls of tracks around the platform are in different shades with the areas holding up more solid clearly visible support beams of mezzanine above a slightly lighter color than the normal panels.
To leave the platform an elevator towards the northern end, followed by a staircase and then two escalators lead up to the station's mezzanine area. The mezzanine contains a single fare control area towards its the southern end. At the end of the mezzanine outside of fare control is a large mosaic mural Baltimore Uproar by preminant African American artist Romare Bearden (1911-1988). The mural depicts in abstracts depicts Billy Holliday and six other Jazz musicians.
After passing fare control the station has a single exit. This is via a single staircase alongside a bank of two escalators that curves away from the mezzanine, along with a short corridor down to an elevator. These all lead up to street level, arriving in separate silver enclosures in a small plaza at the southern (the grid is at 45 degree angles) corner of Laurens Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. The station is directly in front of Avenue Market, one of six currently city-owned public markets in Baltimore, located in this location since 1871.
Photos 1-41 taken on August 31, 2024;
The don't fall between the subway cars barrier and simple concrete platform walls with Upton signs over advertisements
Multiple designs of benches line the island platform
The countdown clock over a bench in the middle of the platform
The modern Maryland flag-colors strip map beneath an Upton platform sign from the station's opening and a digital screen for To Johns Hopkins, the all-island platform system makes single-tracking a lot easier
A tactile and braille Upton sign on the side of an escalator
The bottom of the platform elevator
The bottom of the decently long staircase to leave the platform
Looking down from an exit staircase at a modern strip map and original sign at Upton
Approaching the station's one bank of fare gates, the one that should be controlled by a customer assistant is just left open because quite a few Baltimore MTA fare passes (like mobile tickets) aren't compatible with the fare gates, requiring visual validation
Looking down the mezzanine of a decent length, two escalators, a staircase and an elevator farthest from the faregates
The closed bank of two escalators to reach the one station exit, its just a very long flight of stairs
The lower landing of the street elevator
The To Street sign on top of the elevator
Star and an up arrow, or down and an M arrow is how the floors are indicated in the street elevator at Upton
The flooring of the elevator says MDOT
The door of the street elevator
Last Updated: January 11, 2025
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