Beverly Farms station

Beverly Farms is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in the Beverly Farms village of Beverly, Massachusetts. Located at the intersection of Oak Street and West Street, it serves the Newburyport/Rockport Line. The 1898-built station building is still present but no longer used for railroad purposes. The station has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks, each with a mini-high section to make the station accessible.

Beverly Farms
Beverly Farms station in 2013
Location	1 Oak Street, Beverly, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°33′42″N 70°48′41″W
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Gloucester Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	25 spaces 1 accessible space
Bicycle facilities	7 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	5
History
Opened	1847
Rebuilt	c. 1879, 1898
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	107 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Prides Crossing toward North Station Newburyport/​Rockport Line Manchester toward Rockport

History

The Eastern Railroad opened its Gloucester Branch to Manchester on August 3, 1847, and to Gloucester on December 1.[2][3] An intermediate station was located at West Beach (West Street at Hale Street).[2] It was a flag stop established by Eastern Railroad president David A. Neal, an early resident of the village of Beverly Farms.[4][5]

Around 1879, West Beach station was replaced with Beverly Farms station, located 0.4 miles (0.64 km) to the west adjacent to the village center.[6][7] In 1898, the Boston and Maine Railroad replaced it with a larger hip-roofed depot.[4] The railroad agency at Beverly Farms closed in 1952; the freight house was demolished the year after. The station building was closed in 1958 and renovated for commercial use.[4]

References

1. Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
2. Bradlee, Francis Boardman Crowninshield (1917). The Eastern Railroad: A Historical Account of Early Railroading in Eastern New England. Essex Institute. p. 35. hdl:2027/hvd.hb42t0.
3. Humphrey, Thomas J.; Clark, Norton D. (1985). Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years. Boston Street Railway Association. pp. 75–80. ISBN 9780685412947.
4. Roy, John H. Jr. (2007). A Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses. Branch Line Press. pp. 135–136. ISBN 9780942147087.
5. Who's who Along the North Shore of Massachusetts Bay. Salem Press Company. 1910. p. 320 – via Google Books.
6. "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Beverly" (PDF). Massachusetts Historical Commission. 1986. p. 18.
7. Plate K: Beverly Farms. Atlas of Beverly. G.M. Hopkins & Co. 1880 – via Ward Maps.

External links

Media related to Beverly Farms station at Wikimedia Commons

• MBTA - Beverly Farms
• View of station on Google Maps Street View