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Brooke | |||||||||||||
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Location | 1721 Brooke Road Brooke, Virginia United States | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°23′14″N77°22′54″W / 38.38722°N 77.38167°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Virginia Railway Express | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | RF&P Subdivision (CSXT) | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Parking | 499 spaces | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Station code | BKV | ||||||||||||
Fare zone | 8 | ||||||||||||
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Opened | 1992 [1] | ||||||||||||
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