River Works (MBTA station)

RIVER WORKS
Inbound platform
Location	1000 Western Avenue Lynn, MA, 01910
Coordinates	42°27′N 70°58′W / 42.45°N 70.97°W / 42.45; -70.97Coordinates: 42°27′N 70°58′W / 42.45°N 70.97°W / 42.45; -70.97
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Newburyport/Rockport Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	None
Bicycle facilities	None
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	September 9, 1965[1]
Previous names	G.E. Works (until ca. 1980)
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	56 (daily inbound average)[2]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Chelsea toward North Station Newburyport/Rockport Line Lynn toward Newburyport or Rockport

River Works is a passenger rail station on MBTA Commuter Rail's Newburyport/Rockport Line. The station is for General Electric Aviation employees only who work at the River Works plant.^[3] Trains only stop at River Works on weekdays. It is served by inbound trains in the morning and outbound trains in the evening for commuting plant workers, as well as trains in the opposite directions for reverse commuting workers.^[4]

History

The station opened as G.E. Works on September 9, 1965 to serve workers of the plant, which had opened during World War II.^[1] The name was changed to River Works in the late 1970s. It did not appear on maps until the MBTA bought the northside commuter lines in 1976, and was listed only as a footnote on public timetables until January 1989.^[5][1]

River Works station has two bare concrete platforms with bus shelters to serve the line's two tracks; it is not handicapped accessible. The River Works plant formerly shipped large products like electrical transformers by rail; the two-track main line was flanked with running tracks which connected sidings serving the plant.^[5] The platforms are located on the outside of these former tracks; making the station accessible would require building platforms which would preclude future freight rail access.

References

External links

• MBTA - River Works
• Newburyport/Rockport Line schedule

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