Wakefield (MBTA station)

WAKEFIELD
Wakefield Upper Depot on Tuttle Street, as seen from the tracks along North Avenue
Station statistics
Address	225 North Avenue Wakefield, MA 01880
Line(s)	Haverhill Line
Connections	MBTA Bus
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Parking	117 Spaces, $2.00 each
Bicycle facilities	6 Spaces
Other information
Opened	1889
Owned by	Town of Wakefield
Fare zone	2
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	795 weekday avg.[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Greenwood toward North Station Haverhill Line Reading toward Haverhill
Wakefield Upper Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	27-29 Tuttle Street, Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA
Coordinates	42°30′8.0″N 71°4′32.3″W / 42.502222°N 71.075639°W / 42.502222; -71.075639Coordinates: 42°30′8.0″N 71°4′32.3″W / 42.502222°N 71.075639°W / 42.502222; -71.075639
Built	1889
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Other
Governing body	Private
MPS	Wakefield MRA
NRHP Reference #	89000719[2]
Added to NRHP	July 06, 1989

Wakefield is a station on the Haverhill Line commuter rail line of the MBTA. This station services nearby Wakefield Square.^[3] It is officially located at 225 North Avenue, according to the MBTA. However the actual location is across the tracks, which run parallel to North Avenue. The station is also described by some as being located at 27-29 Tuttle Street, which runs behind the station between Albion and Chestnut Streets.

Wakefield Station was originally built in 1889 by the Boston and Maine Railroad, as Wakefield Upper Depot. Another former B&M station built in the 1950s is located to the north on the corner of Tuttle and Chestnut Streets, and a former freight house built by B&M sometime around 1845 can be found south of Wakefield Square along North Avenue.^[4] The 1950s station house is now a law office, and the station operates from sheltered platforms in front of the B&M Depot, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Bus connections

• 137 Reading Depot - Malden Center Station via North Ave, Wakefield, Melrose & Oak Grove

The following bus connection can be made by walking approximately ¼ mile east on West Water Street to Wakefield Square on the corner of Main Street and Water Street:

• 136 Reading Depot - Malden Center Station via Wakefield, Melrose & Oak Grove

See also

• Center Depot, which can be found east of this station.
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Wakefield, Massachusetts

References

External links

• Media related to Wakefield (MBTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Wakefield station official website
• Schedule
• Wakefield B&M Station (NOBLE Digital Library)
• Station from Albion Street from Google Maps Street View
• Station from Chestnut Street from Google Maps Street View

The current platform that serves MBTA Commuters in Wakefield, next to the historic depot.

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