Another Day in Wheaton, Maryland, USA: Wheaton Regional Park Train Now Open

2014 Update: The Wheaton Regional Park Train is open for the summer! This year the train and carousel have a Facebook page and are mentioned by Fodor's Travel as one of the top "8 cheap and awesome things to do with kids in DC." Apparently our train is a replica of an 1863 train and some of the slides in the adventure park are 60 feet long! The train's hours are:

May	Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 10am-6pm
June 1 - August 24	Open Daily Monday-Friday 10am-6pm Saturday & Sunday 10am-7pm
August 25 - 30	Closed
September	Open Labor Day, Saturdays and Sundays, 10am-6pm

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The Wheaton Train is now in operation for the summer of 2013! It is open on weekends in April and then every day of the week from May 1-August 26. See the Montgomery County Parks Carousel and Miniature Train website for times, directions, and the complete schedule. Tickets are only $1.75 each so these are rides everyone can enjoy. It is a multi-car small train that can accommodate adults and children and runs on a pleasant trail of tracks through the forest and meadow, past Pine Lake, joggers, and hiking trails. Come ride the train and enjoy the park!

The parking lot is off of Shorefield Road and is also shared by the Wheaton Carousel, a big adventure playground, and several picnic shelters. Brookside Gardens is also easy walking distance through the park.

To get there from metro, get off of the Red Line at Wheaton and go north on Georgia Ave then turn right onto Shorefield. Remember bikes are allowed on metro on the weekends and we have a spring break from track work until April 14! Says the Metro CEO: "The spring break will give people an opportunity to experience the type of system we are working toward." I am really enjoying the efficient and fast weekend metro.