Beverly Farms station
Beverly Farms | |||||||||||
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 Beverly Farms station in 2013 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 1 Oak Street, Beverly, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°33′42″N 70°48′41″W / 42.56175°N 70.81130°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 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 5 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1847 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | c. 1879, 1898 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 107 (weekday average boardings)[1] | ||||||||||
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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.
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
- ^ Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Humphrey, Thomas J.; Clark, Norton D. (1985). Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years. Boston Street Railway Association. pp. 75–80. ISBN 9780685412947.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Who's who Along the North Shore of Massachusetts Bay. Salem Press Company. 1910. p. 320 – via Google Books.
- ^ "MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report: Beverly" (PDF). Massachusetts Historical Commission. 1986. p. 18.
- ^ Plate K: Beverly Farms. G.M. Hopkins & Co. 1880 – via Ward Maps.
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External links
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