Beaver Brook station
Beaver Brook is a former MBTA Commuter Rail station in Waltham, Massachusetts. It served the Fitchburg Line. It was located near Main Street east of the center of town, and was named after a nearby brook of the same name.
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 Former Beaver Brook platform in July 2015 | |||||||||||
| Location | Massasoit Street Waltham, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42.377456°N 71.224417°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Boston and Maine Railroad | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Fitchburg Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Closed | June 1978[1] | ||||||||||
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History
The grade crossing of Main Street (Route 20) at the station was replaced by a bridge slightly to the east around 1931.[2]
The station was closed in June 1978 along with Clematis Brook station on the Fitchburg Line and Winchester Highlands station on the Lowell Line. All three stops served only rush hour trains at the time of their closing.[1] The station building is no longer extant, but a short section of platform remains.
Beaver Brook station around 1900 (left) and 1932 (right). The building at far left in the circa-1900 image is a shack for a crossing guard.
References
- Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit.
- "Waltham". Boston Globe. July 3, 1931. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
Media related to Beaver Brook station at Wikimedia Commons
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