Wilmington station (MBTA)
WILMINGTON | |||||||||||||||
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 Wilmington station in April 2016, viewed from the Route 62 overpass | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | 405 Main Street Wilmington, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°32′49″N 71°10′29″W / 42.547°N 71.1747°W | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lowell Line Wildcat Branch | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Connections |  LRTA: 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | 191 spaces ($4.00 fee) 7 accessible spaces | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | c. 1844-1850 | ||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | c. 1890 2003[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 544 (weekday inbound average)[2] | ||||||||||||||
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Wilmington is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Wilmington, Massachusetts. It serves the Lowell Line as well as a limited number of trains from the Haverhill Line which run via the Wildcat Branch. It is located near the intersection of Main Street (Routes 38/129) and Church Street (Route 62) in Wilmington's town center. The station is handicapped accessible, with mini-high platforms serving both tracks.
Station layout and history
The platforms are staggered; the southbound platform is entirely to the north of the Route 62 overpass, while over half of the northbound platform is south of the bridge. A pedestrian crossing between the two platforms is located just north of the bridge; until a path from an adjacent apartment complex opened in 2015, this was the only access to the southbound platform.
The station formerly had a single small side platform and no MBTA parking lot. In 1998, the MBTA began planning a $5.2 million renovation which included longer accessible platforms and a 227-space parking lot.[3] The project was completed in 2003.[1]
The Wildcat Branch, used by Amtrak Downeaster trains and some Haverhill Line express trains, connects with the Lowell Line at Wilmington station. The single-track branch splits from the northbound track just north of the platform. Southbound trains coming from the Wildcat Branch cannot reach the southbound platform; instead, they use the northbound platform. An interlocking south of the station allows these trains to switch onto the southbound track.[4]
The original station building, constructed for the Andover and Wilmington Railroad in 1835 or 1836, was moved east on Church Street in the 1890s and is still extant.[5]
Bus connections
Wilmington is the south terminus of the Lowell Regional Transit Authority's Route 12 - Tewksbury via Rte. 38/Wilmington Train Station route. No MBTA Bus routes stop at Wilmington.
References
- ^ a b Roy, John H. Jr. (2007). A Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses. Branch Line Press. pp. 272–273. ISBN 9780942147087.
- ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ Devlin, Sean (July 15, 1998). "MBTA takes over train station project plans" (PDF). Wilmington Town Crier. p. 1.
- ^ Held, Patrick R. (2010). "Massachusetts Bay Colony Railroad Track Charts" (PDF). Johns Hopkins Association for Computing Machinery. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2013.
- ^ Neilson, Larz F. (October 24, 2010). "The oldest depot in town is not next to the tracks". Wilmington Town Crier.
External links
Media related to Wilmington (MBTA station) at Wikimedia Commons- MBTA - Wilmington
- Station from Route 62 from Google Maps Street View
