Wellesley Farms (MBTA station)

WELLESLEY FARMS
Station statistics
Address 90 Croton Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
Lines
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Parking 199 spaces, $4.50 fee,
4 accessible spaces
Bicycle facilities 16 spaces
Other information
Opened 1890
Owned by Town of Wellesley
Fare zone 3
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
toward Worcester
Framingham/Worcester Line
Wellesley Farms Railroad Station
Location: Croton Street Extension, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
Area: 2.1 acres (0.85 ha)
Built: 1890
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Architectural style: Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
Governing body: Local
NRHP Reference#: 86000259[1]
Added to NRHP: February 14, 1986

Wellesley Farms Railroad Station is a rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail system in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The station has been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places since 1986.[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.

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]

Further reading

References

  • 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. pp. 21. 

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