Prides Crossing (MBTA station)

PRIDES CROSSING
Depot building at Prides Crossing
Location	600 Hale Street Beverly, MA, 01915-5420
Coordinates	42°33′34″N 70°49′32″W / 42.5594°N 70.8255°W / 42.5594; -70.8255Coordinates: 42°33′34″N 70°49′32″W / 42.5594°N 70.8255°W / 42.5594; -70.8255
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Newburyport/Rockport Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	5
Traffic
Passengers (2009)	24 (daily inbound average)[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Montserrat toward North Station Newburyport/Rockport Line Beverly Farms toward Rockport

Prides Crossing is a passenger rail station on MBTA's Newburyport/Rockport Line serving the village of Prides Crossing in Beverly, Massachusetts.^[2] The station is small and only seven trains (3 inbound and 4 outbound)^[3] stop here each weekday. No trains stop on weekends. The village this station serves is small, and the Beverly Farms station is a mere 0.7 miles (1.1 km) away. There is only a platform on the outbound side of the tracks. Passengers going to Boston must wait on the outbound platform and then board the train from an asphalt patch about 10 feet (3 m) wide that crosses the outbound tracks from the platform. There is an old former station house adjacent to the platform that is now a candy store. On the street side of the candy store are the "Republican" and "Democrat" benches, which are local landmarks.

With just 24 inbound riders per day (by a 2009 count), Prides Crossing is the third-lowest-ridership station on the Commuter Rail system.^[1]

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  Single platform at Prides Crossing

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  Republican and Democrat benches

References

External links

• MBTA - Prides Crossing
• Newburyport/Rockport Line schedule
• Prides Crossing Confections (Occupants of depot building)
• Station from Hale Street from Google Maps Street View

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