Wellington (MBTA station)

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Wellington
MBTA.svg
Medford Tube Station
Wellington
The Orange Line platform
Basic data
Opened 6th September 1975
Tracks (platform) 3 (2 central platforms )
Coordinates 42 ° 24 '7 "  N , 71 ° 4' 38"  W Coordinates: 42 ° 24 '7 "  N , 71 ° 4' 38"  W.
use
Line (s) Orange line
Passengers 7,464 per day

Wellington is the name of a subway station owned by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in Medford in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . The station offers access to the Orange Line .

history

As early as 1845 Medford was connected to the network of the Boston and Maine Railroad . Around 1900 a station called Wellington was built for this company on 5th Street and demolished again in 1957 when the line was closed.

The current station was opened on September 6, 1975 as part of the Haymarket North Extension approximately 0.5  mi (0.8  km ) south of the first station. Until the later commissioning of the following stations, Wellington was the northern terminus of the Orange Line .

Railway systems

Track, signal and security systems

The station has three tracks, which are accessible via two central platforms . The platform to the west serves the two regularly used tracks of the Orange Line , while the second platform is rarely used because it was built for a planned but never built express route.

building

The station is on Revere Beach Parkway just east of the intersection with Massachusetts Route 28 . The entire station is barrier-free .

environment

The stop is mainly used as a park and ride station, for which 1,316 paid parking spaces are available. There is also a connection to nine MBTA bus routes at the station.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ridership and Service Statistics. (PDF; 6.2 MB) Thirteenth Edition 2010. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , 2010, accessed on January 21, 2013 .
  2. ^ Ronald Dale Karr: The rail lines of southern New England . a handbook of railroad history. Branch Line Press, Pepperell, Mass. 1995, ISBN 978-0-942147-02-5 .
  3. ^ Wellington Station. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , accessed January 21, 2013 .

Web links

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