BEVERLY FARMS
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Beverly Farms station in 2013
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Location | 1 Oak Street Beverly, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°33′42″N 70°48′41″W / 42.56175°N 70.81130°WCoordinates: 42°33′42″N 70°48′41″W / 42.56175°N 70.81130°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | MBTA | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Parking | 25 spaces 1 accessible space |
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Bicycle facilities | 7 spaces | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | 5 | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1952 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1898 | ||||||||||
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Passengers (2013) | 207 (weekday inbound average) | ||||||||||
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Beverly Farms is a regional rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Newburyport/Rockport Line, located at the intersection of Oak Street and West Street (MA-127) in Beverly, Massachusetts. The station building, built in 1898, is still present but no longer used for railroad purposes. The station has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks, each with a mini-high section to make the station handicapped accessible.
The Eastern Railroad originally only stopped at West Beach to the east when the Gloucester Branch opened in 1847; not until around 1852 did a station open at the modern Beverly Farms site. In 1898, the Boston and Maine Railroad built the current hip-roofed depot. The railroad agency at Beverly Farms closed in 1952 and the freight house was demolished the year after. The station building was closed in 1958; it now houses a real estate agency.