West Medford (MBTA station)

WEST MEDFORD
An outbound train arrives at the station
Location	481 High Street Medford, MA 02155-6735
Coordinates	42°25′18″N 71°08′00″W / 42.4218°N 71.13332°WCoordinates: 42°25′18″N 71°08′00″W / 42.4218°N 71.13332°W
Line(s)	Lowell Line   Haverhill Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA Bus: 80, 94, 95, 326
Construction
Parking	30 Spaces
Other information
Fare zone	1A
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	819 (weekday inbound average)[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station North Station Terminus Lowell Line Wedgemere toward Lowell Haverhill Line rush hours only Wedgemere toward Haverhill

West Medford is a regional rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line, located at West Medford Square in Medford, Massachusetts. West Medford station is not handicapped accessible.

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.

Bus connections

Three MBTA Bus routes - two local routes and one express - stop directly on High Street (MA-60) at West Medford station:

• 94 Medford Square - Davis Square Station via West Medford & Medford Hillside
• 95 West Medford - Sullivan Square Station via Mystic Avenue
• 326 West Medford - Haymarket Station via Playstead Road, High Street, Medford & I-93

One additional route stops on Boston Avenue two blocks to the southwest:

• 80 Arlington Center - Lechmere Station via Medford Hillside

References

1. "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

External links

• MBTA - West Medford
• City of Medford - West Medford Train Station
• Station from High Street from Google Maps Street View