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MBTA Commuter Rail is the commuter rail system for the Greater Boston metropolitan area of Massachusetts. It is owned by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and operated under contract by Keolis. In 2022, it was the fifth-busiest commuter rail system in the United States with an average weekday ridership of 78,800. [1]
Beverly Depot is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Beverly, Massachusetts. Located in Downtown Beverly, it serves the Newburyport/Rockport Line. It is the junction of the line's two branches to Newburyport and Rockport and is served by every train on both branches. The Eastern Railroad was extended through Beverly to Ipswich in 1839.
Schedule changes effective November 2, 2020 shifted some peak service to off-peak, providing 30-minute midday headways on the inner portion of the line, as part of a transition to a regional rail model. [37] The final Newburyport-bound train on weekdays began operating as a shuttle from Salem, with a transfer from a Rockport-bound train. [31]
Montserrat station is an MBTA Commuter Rail Newburyport/Rockport Line station located in Beverly, Massachusetts. Located between Spring Street and Essex Street ( MA-22 ), it serves the central part of Beverly and as a park-and-ride station for the North Shore , with easy access from Route 128 .
The MBTA Commuter Rail (reporting mark MBTX) system serves as the commuter rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA's) transportation coverage of Greater Boston in the United States. Trains run over 394 mi (634 km) of track to 135 stations.
North Beverly station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Beverly, Massachusetts. Located in North Beverly, it serves the Newburyport/Rockport Line . The station has two low side platforms serving the line's two tracks, with mini-high platforms to provide accessibility .
Around 1879, West Beach station was replaced with Beverly Farms station, located 0.4 miles (0.64 km) to the west adjacent to the village center. [6] [7] In 1898, the Boston and Maine Railroad replaced it with a larger hip-roofed depot. [4] The ticket office in the station building closed on February 22, 1952. [8]
In 1864, trains began to be through-routed to Boston to increase frequencies on the inner part of the trunk line. [4] The Eastern bought the branch in 1868; by the 1870s, regular commuter service was available. [2] [4] The Eastern was leased by the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1885 and merged into it in 1890. Rockport service continued in the ...