Wakefield station (MBTA)

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Coordinates: 42°30′8.0″N 71°4′32.3″W / 42.502222°N 71.075639°W / 42.502222; -71.075639
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WAKEFIELD
Wakefield Upper Depot in 2010
General information
Location225 North Avenue
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°30′8.0″N 71°4′32.3″W / 42.502222°N 71.075639°W / 42.502222; -71.075639
Owned byTown of Wakefield
Line(s)Western Route
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport MBTA Bus: 136, 137
Construction
Parking117 spaces ($2.00 daily)
Bicycle facilities6 spaces
Other information
Fare zone2
History
Rebuilt1889
Passengers
2013682 (weekday inbound average)[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
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Wakefield Upper Depot
Wakefield station (MBTA) is located in Massachusetts
Wakefield station (MBTA)
Wakefield station (MBTA) is located in the United States
Wakefield station (MBTA)
Location27-29 Tuttle Street,
Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA
Built1889 (1889)
Architectural stylePanel Brick
MPSWakefield MRA
NRHP reference No.89000719[2]
Added to NRHPJuly 06, 1989

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

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.

Bus connections

The station is served by one MBTA Bus route on North Avenue:

Route 136 runs on Main Street about 0.25 miles (0.40 km) to the east.

References

  1. ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
  2. ^ a b "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.

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