Greenwood station (MBTA)

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Greenwood
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Greenwood station in June 2017
General information
Location907 Main Street
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°28′58″N71°04′03″W / 42.4829°N 71.0674°W / 42.4829; -71.0674
Owned byTown of Wakefield
Line(s) Western Route
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg MBTA bus: 137
Construction
Parking76 spaces ($3.00 daily)
Bicycle facilities6 spaces
AccessibleNo
Other information
Fare zone2
Passengers
201892 (weekday average boardings) [1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA.svg MBTA Following station
Melrose Highlands
toward North Station
Haverhill Line Wakefield
toward Haverhill
Location
Greenwood station (MBTA)

Greenwood station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station on the Haverhill Line located in the Greenwood neighborhood of Wakefield, Massachusetts. The station consists of two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. The low-level platforms are not accessible.

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History

The replica of Greenwood station at Lomita Railroad Museum Lomita Railroad Museum building, May 2018.jpg
The replica of Greenwood station at Lomita Railroad Museum

The Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) opened its line from Wilmington Junction to Boston on July 1, 1845. Greenwood station opened by the end of the decade in South Reading (later renamed Wakefield). [2] : 154  [3]

The ticket office in the station building closed on February 22, 1952. [4] By 1962, the former station building was relocated to the Pleasure Island amusement park for use on an antique railroad. [5] [6] The façade of the Lomita Railroad Museum in Lomita, California, is a replica of the original Greenwood station. [7]

Rail service on the inner Haverhill Line was suspended from September 9 to November 5, 2023, to accommodate signal work. Substitute bus service was operated between Reading and Oak Grove, serving all intermediate stops. [8]

In 2024, the MBTA tested a temporary freestanding accessible platform design at Beverly Depot. These platforms do not require alterations to the existing platforms, thus skirting federal rules requiring full accessibility renovations when stations are modified, and were intended to provide interim accessibility at lower cost pending full reconstruction. In May 2024, the agency identified Greenwood as a possible future location for the platform design. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  2. ↑ Kennedy, Charles J. (Summer 1962). "Commuter Services in the Boston Area, 1835-1860". The Business History Review. 36 (2): 153–170. doi:10.2307/3111453. JSTOR   3111453. S2CID   154294514.
  3. ↑ Cobb, Charles (September 1850). American railway guide, and pocket companion, for the United States. Pathfinder Office. p. 92.
  4. ↑ "B. and M. to Close 4 Ticket Offices". Boston Globe. February 7, 1952. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Glynn, Robert E. (October 6, 1962). "Passengers Will Find Gift Shops, Laundries Replacing Rail Depots". Boston Globe. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ O'Connell, Richard W. (August 18, 1968). "Old railroad depots take on new careers". Boston Globe. p. A-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Kalscheuer, Patrick (August 13, 2023). "The Story of the Museum". Lomita Railroad Museum. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Service Disruption September 9 to November 5 on Haverhill Commuter Rail Line" (Press release). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. August 10, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Accelerating Accessibility within the Commuter Rail: Freestanding Mini-high Platform Initiative" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. May 23, 2024.

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