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Salem is a major park and ride center, with a 700-space parking garage, as well as an MBTA bus terminal. It is the busiest commuter rail station in the MBTA system outside of the central Boston stations, with an average of 2,326 daily boardings in a 2018 count. The Eastern Railroad opened between Salem and East Boston in August 1838. The first ...
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]
Commuter Rail tickets in the form of CharlieTickets purchased at fare vending machines and ticket booths (left) and paper tickets purchased on-board (right). MBTA Commuter Rail uses a zone fare system, with fares increasing with distance. Zone 1A includes the downtown terminals and other inner core stations up to about 5 miles (8.0 km) from ...
never opened, built by the Boston and Maine Railroad: Martha's Vineyard Railroad: Oak Bluffs: South Beach: Nantucket Railroad: Nantucket: Siasconset: Southern New England Railway: Palmer: Rhode Island state line in Blackstone: never finished, built by the Grand Trunk Railway: Union Freight Railroad: connecting lines in downtown Boston
A South Salem station would serve Salem State University, the North Shore Medical Center, and residential areas south of downtown Salem — some of which were served by the pre-1987 station, but only by the 455 and 459 buses thereafter.
Salem station may refer to: Salem station (MBTA), a rail station in Massachusetts, US; South Salem station, a proposed rail station in Massachusetts, US; Salem station (Oregon), a rail station in Oregon, US; Salem Junction railway station, a rail station in Tamil Nadu, India; Salem Town railway station, a rail station in Tamil Nadu, India
West Gloucester station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station on the Newburyport/Rockport Line, located off Massachusetts Route 133 (Essex Road) in the west part of Gloucester, Massachusetts. History [ edit ]
Whereas the Eastern had to ferry their passengers from East Boston across the harbor to get to and from Boston, many passengers preferred to take the B&M to Wakefield and go to Salem via the South Reading. In 1851, the Eastern Railroad, fearing that the B&M would take over the South Reading, in self-defense took over the line at steep cost.