West Medford station

West Medford is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Medford, Massachusetts. It serves the Lowell Line, and is located at West Medford Square.

West Medford
An outbound train arrives at West Medford in 2012
Location481 High Street
Medford, Massachusetts
Coordinates42.4218°N 71.13332°W / 42.4218; -71.13332
Line(s)New Hampshire Main Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections MBTA bus: 80, 94, 95, 326
Construction
Parking30 spaces
Other information
Fare zone1A
Passengers
2018628 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
North Station
Terminus
 Lowell Line Wedgemere
toward Lowell
Haverhill Line
rush hours only
 Wedgemere
toward Haverhill

History
West Medford station in 1909

When the original Boston and Lowell Railroad was laid out in the 1830s, West Medford was mostly farmland. The route of the new railroad (one of the oldest railroads in North America) was built on land acquired from Peter Chardon Brooks, who sold a strip for the right-of-way plus a parcel for the station on High Street. The initial stop was called "Medford Gates"; it gave birth to West Medford Square and, eventually, the surrounding residential neighborhoods.

The depot structure built in 1880 was destroyed by a fire in 1950. The finial from the roof of the station now resides today at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

In 2019, the MBTA listed West Medford as a "Tier I" accessibility priority.[2]

References
  1. Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  2. "Preview of 2019 Recommendations: Presentation to the FMCB" (PDF). Plan for Accessible Transit Infrastructure (PATI). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. April 1, 2019. p. 12.

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