Wellesley Farms Railroad Station
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| Wellesley Farms Station Commuter Rail |
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| Address | 90 Crotin St Wellesley, MA 02481 |
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| Parking | 199 spaces, $4.50 fee, 4 accessible spaces |
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| Bicycle facilities | 16 spaces | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1890 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Town of Wellesley | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Location: | Croton St. extension Wellesley, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1890 |
| Architect: | Richardson,Henry Hobson, Et al.[1] |
| Architectural style(s): | Romanesque[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | February 14, 1986[2] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 86000259[1] |
Wellesley Farms Railroad Station is a rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail system in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The station is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[1]
The station is located on 90 Croton Street. Service to the station is provided by the Framingham/Worcester Line from Boston to Framingham and Worcester, Massachusetts both inbound and outbound.
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[edit] History
The first rail stop in Wellesley Farms opened in the 1830s as a flag stop on the Boston and Worcester Railroad, which was later merged into the Boston and Albany Railroad. The first station was called Rice's Crossing. Wellesley Farms Railroad Station opened to replace Rice's Crossing in 1890. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
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[edit] Further reading
- Robinson, Charles M. (1904). Boston & Albany Railroad: Suburban Station Grounds. H. T. Coates. OCLC 25110729.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e MASSACHUSETTS (MA), Norfolk County. National Register of Historical Places. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
- ^ National Register Information System. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
- MBTA > Commuter Rail > Wellesley Farms. MBTA. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
- Fiske, Joseph E.; Ellen W. Fiske (1917). History of the Town of Wellesley, Massachusetts. Boston, Chicago: The Pilgrim Press. OCLC 6541911.
- New England Railway Publishing Company; et al. (1875). ABC Pathfinder Railway Guide. New England Railway Pub, p. 21.
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