Woburn (MBTA station)

WOBURN
Owned by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)
  Lowell Line
Platforms 2[1]
Tracks 2
Other information
Fare zone 2[2]
History
Opened 1844
Closed 1981[3]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
Cross Street
Lowell LineTerminus

Woburn is a former station on the Woburn Loop, part of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Lowell Line. It was closed in 1981 when service on the southern half of the Woburn Loop was terminated due to poor track conditions;[4][5] service north of Woburn station had already been discontinued in June 1959.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Massachusetts Public Service Commission (1920). Annual Report of the Public Service Commission, Volume 1. Wright and Potter Printing Co. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Daniel Lampariello (2011-12-24). "Commuter Rail to New Hampshire". bostontoat.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  3. ↑ Belcher, Jonathan (22 March 2014). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Karr, Ronald D. (1995). The Rail Lines of Southern New England - A Handbook of Railroad History. Branch Line Press. ISBN 0-942147-02-2.
  5. ↑ Karr, Ronald D. (1994). Lost Railroads New England. Branch Line Press. ISBN 0-942147-04-9.
  6. ↑ Humphrey, Thomas J., and Clark, Norton D. (1985). Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years. Boston Street Railway Association. pp. 55–70. ISBN 9780685412947.


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