Wakefield station (MBTA)

WAKEFIELD
Wakefield Upper Depot in 2010
Location 225 North Avenue
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°30′8.0″N 71°4′32.3″W / 42.502222°N 71.075639°W / 42.502222; -71.075639Coordinates: 42°30′8.0″N 71°4′32.3″W / 42.502222°N 71.075639°W / 42.502222; -71.075639
Owned by Town of Wakefield
Line(s) Western Route
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections MBTA Bus: 136, 137
Construction
Parking 117 spaces ($2.00 daily)
Bicycle facilities 6 spaces
Other information
Fare zone 2
History
Rebuilt 1889
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 682 (weekday inbound average)[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
Haverhill Line
toward Haverhill
Wakefield Upper Depot
Location 27-29 Tuttle Street,
Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA
Built 1889 (1889)
Architectural style Panel Brick
MPS Wakefield MRA
NRHP reference # 89000719[2]
Added to NRHP July 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. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. ↑ "NRHP nomination and MACRIS inventory record for Wakefield Upper Depot". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2017-12-01.

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