Beachmont (MBTA station)

BEACHMONT
Beachmont station in 2012
Location	630 Winthrop Ave at 1 Bennington St, Revere, Massachusetts 02151
Coordinates	42°23′51″N 70°59′32″W / 42.3975°N 70.9922°W / 42.3975; -70.9922Coordinates: 42°23′51″N 70°59′32″W / 42.3975°N 70.9922°W / 42.3975; -70.9922
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	430 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	January 19, 1954
Rebuilt	June 24, 1995
Traffic
Passengers (2013 daily)	3,045[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Suffolk Downs toward Bowdoin Blue Line Revere Beach toward Wonderland

Beachmont is an above-ground rapid-transit station located on the MBTA Blue Line. It serves the Beachmont neighborhood of Revere, Massachusetts.

The station, located on an overpass above Winthrop Avenue, is one of a small number of elevated rapid transit stations remaining in the MBTA system. (The only others are Charles/MGH, Science Park, Malden Center, Wollaston and Fields Corner.) Boston once had several elevated lines, but the Atlantic Avenue Elevated, Charlestown Elevated, Washington Street Elevated, and Causeway Elevated were all torn down in favor of subway and surface-level lines.

The station was closed for approximately one year starting on June 25, 1994, as the station was rebuilt along with the Suffolk Downs, Revere Beach and Wonderland stations. Blue Line service temporarily ended at Orient Heights and buses served the closed stations during the $467 million improvement project to upgrade four stations on the line. The station officially re-opened on June 24, 1995.^[2]

Bus connections

• 119: Northgate - Beachmont Station via Revere Center & Cooledge Housing

Platform layout

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beachmont (MBTA station).

• MBTA - Beachmont Station
• Winthrop Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

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