Melrose/Cedar Park (MBTA station)
MELROSE/CEDAR PARK | |||||||||||
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 Southbound view of Melrose-Cedar Park Station at dusk. | |||||||||||
| Location |
Cedar Park at West Emerson Street Melrose, MA 02176 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°27′32″N 71°04′11″W / 42.4588°N 71.0698°WCoordinates: 42°27′32″N 71°04′11″W / 42.4588°N 71.0698°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Melrose | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 87 spaces ($2.00 fee) | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2013) | 223 (weekday inbound average)[1] | ||||||||||
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Melrose/Cedar Park is a passenger station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Haverhill/Reading Line, located in the Cedar Park section of Melrose, Massachusetts slightly northwest of the downtown area. Historically the primary station in Melrose, it has always been supplemented by nearby Wyoming Hill and Melrose Highlands stations.[2]
Melrose/Cedar Park station has two low-level platforms serving the line's two tracks; it is not handicapped accessible.
Bus connections
Four MBTA Bus routes stop approximately 0.25 miles (0.40 km) east of the station on Main Street:
- 106 Franklin Square, Melrose - Wellington Station via Main Street, Melrose; Lebanon Street, Melrose/Malden & Malden Center Station
- 131 Melrose Highlands - Malden Center Station via East Side Melrose & Oak Grove
- 136 Reading Depot - Malden Center Station via Wakefield, Melrose & Oak Grove
- 137 Reading Depot - Malden Center Station via North Ave, Wakefield, Melrose & Oak Grove
References
- ↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ↑ Humphrey, Thomas J. and Clark, Norton D. (1985). Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years. Boston Street Railway Association. p. 68. ISBN 9780685412947.
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