West Concord Depot

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West Concord Depot
Commuter Rail
Station statistics
Address Commonwealth Ave & Main St
West Concord, MA 01742
Coordinates 42°27′22.94″N 71°23′32.54″W / 42.4563722, -71.3923722
Lines
Fitchburg Line
Parking 146 spaces, $2.00 fee,
3 accessible spaces
Bicycle facilities 10 spaces
Other information
Opened 1894
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by Depot: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority[1]
Parking: Town of Concord
Fare zone 5
Formerly Union Station
Concord Junction
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
Fitchburg Line
toward Fitchburg
Union Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
West Concord Depot (Massachusetts)
West Concord Depot
Location: 20 Commonwealth Avenue
West Concord, Massachusetts
Coordinates: 42°27′22.94″N 71°23′32.54″W / 42.4563722, -71.3923722Coordinates: 42°27′22.94″N 71°23′32.54″W / 42.4563722, -71.3923722
Built/Founded: 1894
Architectural style(s): Queen Anne style
Added to NRHP: March 2, 1989[2]
NRHP Reference#: 89000143[2]

West Concord Depot is a rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail system in West Concord, Massachusetts. The depot, which opened in 1894, is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

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[edit] Location

West Concord Depot is located at 20 Commonwealth Avenue near the intersection of Main Street. Service to the station is provided by the Fitchburg Line from Boston to Fitchburg, Massachusetts both inbound and outbound.

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West Concord Depot opened in 1894 as Union Station at Concord Junction on the Fitchburg Railroad.[3]

The depot is now owned by the MBTA,[1] which purchased Fitchburg Line in 1976.[4] The building houses an MBTA office, a restaurant, and a waiting room for morning rail passengers.[3]

West Concord Depot is a Queen Anne style building which and it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[2][3][5] As of 2007, local residents and businesses along with the Town of Concord and the MBTA are working to restore the station exterior after years of decay.[1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Town of Concord Update DRAFT June 21, 2007 (PDF). 2008 Community Preservation Plan p. 69. Town of Concord. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
  2. ^ a b c National Register Information System. Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
  3. ^ a b c Kehoe, Dorrie (2007). Renewal of West Concord Depot. The Concord Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
  4. ^ MBTA > About the MBTA > Transit Projects. MBTA. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
  5. ^ National Register of Historic Places - MASSACHUSETTS (MA), Middlesex County. nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.

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