Wyoming Hill station

Wyoming Hill is an MBTA Commuter Rail station on the Haverhill Line, located in Wyoming Square near downtown Melrose, Massachusetts. The station has two low-level side platforms and is not accessible. Wyoming Hill, in addition to the two other commuter rail stops in Melrose, was originally intended to be an extension of the Orange Line further north to Reading, Massachusetts.

Wyoming Hill
An inbound train at Wyoming Hill station in 2010
Location40 West Wyoming Avenue
Melrose, Massachusetts
Coordinates42.4519°N 71.0694°W / 42.4519; -71.0694
Owned byCity of Melrose
Line(s)Western Route
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections MBTA bus: 131, 132, 136, 137
Construction
Parking28 spaces ($3.00 fee)
Bicycle facilitiesyes
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Openedc. 1845
Previous namesBoardman's Crossing (c. 1845-1850s)
Wyoming (1850s-c. 1978
Passengers
2018138 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Malden Center
toward North Station
 Haverhill Line Melrose/Cedar Park
toward Haverhill

History
Early-20th-century postcard of the station

The Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) opened its line from Wilmington Junction to Boston on July 1, 1845. Boardman's Crossing station opened on Wyoming Avenue in North Malden then or soon thereafter.[2] Melrose split from Malden in 1850 due to development around the rail line.[3] In the 1850s, the station was renamed Wyoming.[4] The station building was located on the west side of the tracks just south of Wyoming Avenue.[5]

The MBTA, formed in 1964 to subsidize suburban commuter rail service, began funding Reading Line service on January 18, 1965.[6][2] Around 1978, the MBTA modified the names of several stations for clarity, with Wyoming station becoming Wyoming Hill.[7]

References
  1. Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  2. Humphrey, Thomas J.; Clark, Norton D. (1985). Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years. Boston Street Railway Association. pp. 15, 67–68. ISBN 9780685412947.
  3. Goss, Elbridge Henry (1902). The history of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts. City of Melrose. pp. 20-21 – via Internet Archive.
  4. Barrett, Richard C. (1996). Boston's Depots and Terminals. Railroad Research Publications. p. 210. ISBN 1884650031.
  5. "Part of Melrose". Atlas of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. George H. Walker & Company. 1889. pp. 70–71 – via Ward Maps.
  6. Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit.
  7. T system map: 1978-1979, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, 1978 – via Wikimedia Commons

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