It is located at the intersection of Patterson and Wabash Avenues, and is the fourth most northern and western station on the line, with approximately 700 parking spaces.

[2] The station is within a close distance to the Reisterstown Road Plaza, for which it is named.

Prior to 1987, when the Metro was extended to Owings Mills, the Reisterstown Plaza station was the final stop on the line in the northwestern direction.

Within a few years, this early closure was abolished, and the station started to remain open until midnight again.

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