Revere Beach (MBTA station)

REVERE BEACH
The platforms and bridge connecting them in 2016
Location	220 Shirley Avenue at 300 Ocean Avenue Revere, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°24′28″N 70°59′33″W / 42.4078°N 70.9926°W / 42.4078; -70.9926Coordinates: 42°24′28″N 70°59′33″W / 42.4078°N 70.9926°W / 42.4078; -70.9926
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA Bus: 110, 117, 411
Construction
Bicycle facilities	11 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	January 19, 1954
Rebuilt	June 24, 1995
Previous names	Crescent Beach (BRB&L)
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	3,197 (daily boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Beachmont toward Bowdoin Blue Line Wonderland Terminus

Revere Beach is a rapid transit station on the MBTA Blue Line, located between Beach Street and Shirley Avenue in Revere, Massachusetts. It serves Revere Beach, a popular summer destination with a substantial year-round resident population. It opened in January 1954 on the site of a former Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad station, as part of an extension to Wonderland. Revere Beach station was closed and rebuilt from 1994 to 1995.

The narrow gauge Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad (BRB&L) opened from East Boston to Lynn on July 29, 1875. The line ran directly adjacent to the beachfront, a popular summer destination, on the alignment of the modern Revere Beach Boulevard. Revere station was located between Beach Street and Shirley Avenue. The station was renamed Pavilion in the late 1870s and Crescent Beach in 1884.

The Eastern Railroad-backed Boston, Winthrop, and Shore Railroad (BW&S) operated slightly inland in 1884 and 1885, with its own Crescent Beach station just west of the BRB&L station. In April 1897, the BRB&L was moved inland onto the BW&S right-of-way, with Crescent Beach station relocated to the new alignment. By 1928 the line was electrified, with pre-pay stations - more a rapid transit line than a conventional railroad. However, due to the Great Depression, the BRB&L shut down on January 27, 1940.

In 1941, the Boston Elevated Railway bought the BRB&L right of way from Day Square to Revere Beach for use as a high-speed trolley line similar to the Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line; these plans were delayed by the onset of World War II. The 1926 Report on Improved Transportation Facilities and 1945–47 Coolidge Commission Report recommended that the East Boston Tunnel line, which had been converted to rapid transit from streetcars in 1924, be extended to Lynn via the BBRB&L route rather than using it for a trolley line.