Wyoming Hill station

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Wyoming Hill
Inbound train at Wyoming Hill, October 2010.jpg
An inbound train at Wyoming Hill station in 2010
Location40 West Wyoming Avenue
Melrose, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°27′07″N 71°04′10″W / 42.4519°N 71.0694°W / 42.4519; -71.0694Coordinates: 42°27′07″N 71°04′10″W / 42.4519°N 71.0694°W / 42.4519; -71.0694
Owned byCity of Melrose
Line(s)Western Route
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport MBTA bus: 131, 132, 136, 137
Construction
Parking28 spaces ($3.00 fee)
Bicycle facilitiesyes
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Openedc. 1845
Previous namesBoardman's Crossing (c. 1845-1850s)
Wyoming (1850s-c. 1978
Passengers
2018138 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA.svg MBTA Following station
Malden Center
toward North Station
 Haverhill Line Melrose/Cedar Park
toward Haverhill

Wyoming Hill is an MBTA Commuter Rail station on the Haverhill Line, located in Wyoming Square near downtown Melrose, Massachusetts. The station has two low-level side platforms and is not accessible. Wyoming Hill, in addition to the two other commuter rail stops in Melrose, was originally intended to be an extension of the Orange Line further north to Reading, Massachusetts.

History[]

Early-20th-century postcard of the station

The Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) opened its line from Wilmington Junction to Boston on July 1, 1845. Boardman's Crossing station opened on Wyoming Avenue in North Malden then or soon thereafter.[2] Melrose split from Malden in 1850 due to development around the rail line.[3] In the 1850s, the station was renamed Wyoming.[4] The station building was located on the west side of the tracks just south of Wyoming Avenue.[5]

The B&M began construction of a new station building about 100 feet (30 m) to the south in July 1900.[6][7] The new station was built of light buff-colored brick, with red Longmeadow sandstone as trim and a slate roof. It was 55 feet (17 m) long and 30 feet (9.1 m) wide, with a 28-foot (8.5 m)-square waiting room finished in brick and quartered oak. A 250-foot (76 m)-long awning was built on the track side of the station, with a 350-foot (110 m) long awning on the opposite platform. The architect was Henry B. Fletcher.[7] The new station opened on February 24, 1901, at a final cost of $25,000 (equivalent to $640,000 in 2020).[8]

The station building was partially converted to a warehouse by 1962, and was later demolished.[9] The MBTA, formed in 1964 to subsidize suburban commuter rail service, began funding Reading Line service on January 18, 1965.[10][2] Around 1978, the MBTA modified the names of several stations for clarity, with Wyoming station becoming Wyoming Hill.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  2. ^ a b Humphrey, Thomas J.; Clark, Norton D. (1985). Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years. Boston Street Railway Association. pp. 15, 67–68. ISBN 9780685412947.
  3. ^ Goss, Elbridge Henry (1902). The history of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts. City of Melrose. pp. 20-21 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ Barrett, Richard C. (1996). Boston's Depots and Terminals. Railroad Research Publications. p. 210. ISBN 1884650031.
  5. ^ "Melrose". Atlas of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. George H. Walker & Company. 1874. p. 62.
  6. ^ "Wyoming Station Muddle". Boston Globe. July 21, 1900. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b "New Railroad Station for Wyoming". Boston Globe. August 18, 1900. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "New Station at Wyoming". Boston Globe. February 24, 1901. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Glynn, Robert E. (October 6, 1962). "Passengers Will Find Gift Shops, Laundries Replacing Rail Depots". Boston Globe. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
  11. ^ T system map: 1978-1979, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, 1978 – via Wikimedia Commons

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