Greenwood station (MBTA) explained

Style:MBTA
Greenwood
Address:907 Main Street
Coordinates:42.4829°N -71.0674°W
Other: MBTA bus:
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Parking:76 spaces ($3.00 daily)
Bicycle:6 spaces
Passengers:92 (weekday average boardings)
Pass Year:2018
Accessible:No
Owned:Town of Wakefield
Zone:2
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:rail
Mapframe-Zoom:12

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.

History

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).[1] [2]

The ticket office in the station building closed on February 22, 1952.[3] By 1962, the former station building was relocated to the Pleasure Island amusement park for use on an antique railroad.[4] [5] The façade of the Lomita Railroad Museum in Lomita, California, is a replica of the original Greenwood station.[6]

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.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. 10.2307/3111453 . Commuter Services in the Boston Area, 1835-1860 . The Business History Review . 36 . 2 . Summer 1962 . 153–170 . Charles J. . Kennedy. 3111453 . 154294514 .
  2. Book: Cobb, Charles . American railway guide, and pocket companion, for the United States . September 1850 . Pathfinder Office . 92.
  3. News: B. and M. to Close 4 Ticket Offices . Boston Globe . February 7, 1952 . 2 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Passengers Will Find Gift Shops, Laundries Replacing Rail Depots . Boston Globe . October 6, 1962 . 5 . Robert E. . Glynn . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: Old railroad depots take on new careers . Richard W. . O'Connell . Boston Globe . August 18, 1968 . A-1 . Newspapers.com.
  6. http://www.lomita-rr.org/museum-story.cfm About the Lomita Railroad Museum
  7. Service Disruption September 9 to November 5 on Haverhill Commuter Rail Line . August 10, 2023 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.