Wakefield station (MBTA)

Wakefield is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Wakefield, Massachusetts served by the Haverhill Line. The station is not accessible.

Wakefield
Wakefield Upper Depot in 2010
Location225 North Avenue, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°30′8.0″N 71°4′32.3″W
Owned byTown of Wakefield
Line(s)Western Route
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections MBTA bus: 137
Construction
Parking117 spaces ($2.00 daily)
Bicycle facilities6 spaces
Other information
Fare zone2
History
Rebuilt1889
Traffic
Passengers (2018)483 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Greenwood
toward North Station
 Haverhill Line Reading
toward Haverhill
Wakefield Upper Depot
Location27–29 Tuttle Street,
Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA
Built1889 (1889)
Architectural stylePanel Brick
MPSWakefield MRA
NRHP reference No.89000719[2]
Added to NRHPJuly 06, 1989

History
The current platform that serves MBTA Commuters in Wakefield, next to the historic depot

Rail service was introduced to Wakefield in 1845, primarily through the efforts of Thomas Spaulding, a local businessman. The surviving 19th-century Wakefield Station was built in 1889 by the Boston and Maine Railroad, and served as Wakefield Upper Depot, a major stop in the town, which in 1893 had six stations with as many as 60 trains per day. The building is architecturally distinctive in the town as an example of Panel Brick architecture, and was originally augmented by a baggage depot which stood to its south. The building now houses commercial activity, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[2][3] The former Lynnfield Centre depot from the Newburyport Railroad line, closed in 1959, is located at the north end of the station. Center Depot, another NRHP-listed station, is about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the east.

References
  1. Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  3. "NRHP nomination and MACRIS inventory record for Wakefield Upper Depot". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2017-12-01.

Media related to Wakefield station (MBTA) at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.