Greenwood station is an

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station on the

Haverhill Line The Haverhill Line (formerly named the Haverhill/Reading Line) is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running north from downtown Boston, Massachusetts through the cities and towns of Malden, Melrose, Wakefield, Reading, Wilmington, An ...

located in the Greenwood neighborhood of

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. The station consists of two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. The low-level platforms are not

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History

The

Boston and Maine Railroad The Boston and Maine Railroad was a U.S. Class I railroad in northern New England. Originally chartered in 1835, it became part of what was the Pan Am Railways network in 1983 (most of which was purchased by CSX in 2022). At the end of 1970, B ...

(B&M) opened its line from Wilmington Junction to Boston on July 1, 1845. Greenwood station opened by the end of the decade in South Reading (later renamed Wakefield). The ticket office in the station building closed on February 22, 1952. By 1962, the former station building was relocated to the Pleasure Island amusement park for use on an antique railroad. The

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of the

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, is a replica of the original Greenwood station. Rail service on the inner Haverhill Line was suspended from September 9 to November 5, 2023, to accommodate signal work. Substitute bus service was operated between Reading and Oak Grove, serving all intermediate stops.

References

External links

MBTA – Greenwood
Buildings and structures in Wakefield, Massachusetts MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Former Boston and Maine Railroad stations {{MBTA-stub