Rowley station (MBTA) explained

Style:MBTA
Rowley
Address:70 Railroad Avenue
Coordinates:42.7269°N -70.8591°W
Tracks:1
Parking:Yes
Passengers:113 (weekday average boardings)
Pass Year:2018
Opened:October 26, 1998
Accessible:Yes
Zone:7
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:12

Rowley station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Rowley, Massachusetts. It is the penultimate station on the Newburyport branch of the Newburyport/Rockport Line.

History

The small Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) station building in Rowley was in disrepair by 1961, and was later demolished.[1] Service to the station ended on April 20, 1967, when the B&M received permission from the Interstate Commerce Commission to discontinue all service on the line (which had been cut back from to in January 1965); at that point, service beyond consisted of only one daily round trip to North Station. Both Rowley and Newburyport were, at the time, outside the MBTA's service district; the town of Newburyport signed a subsidy agreement with the MBTA, allowing it to continue to receive service, but Rowley did not, and its station closed. Newburyport service continued to run until April 2, 1976.[2]

The current station opened on October 26, 1998, as part of the restoration of service on the Newburyport/Rockport Line between Ipswich and Newburyport.[3] As with Newburyport, the new station was built with a full-length high-level platform, which allows level boarding for all cars of even the longest MBTA trains.

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Notes and References

  1. News: B & M Launches Station Clean-up; Commuters Grouse: 'High Time' . Robert A. . McLean . Boston Globe . July 10, 1961 . 18 . Newspapers.com.
  2. News: End of Commuting . Boston Globe . April 1, 1976 . 4 . Newspapers.com.
  3. The railroad returns to Newburyport . Dodge, John . . October 1998 . 57 . 10 . 48.