Wakefield station (MBTA)

WAKEFIELD
Wakefield Upper Depot on Tuttle Street, as seen from the tracks along North Avenue
Location	225 North Avenue Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880
Owned by	Town of Wakefield
Line(s)	Haverhill Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA Bus
Construction
Parking	117 Spaces, $2.00 each
Bicycle facilities	6 Spaces
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	1889
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	795 weekday avg.
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Greenwood toward North Station Haverhill Line Reading toward Haverhill
Wakefield Upper Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	27-29 Tuttle Street, Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA
Coordinates	42°30′8.0″N 71°4′32.3″W / 42.502222°N 71.075639°W / 42.502222; -71.075639Coordinates: 42°30′8.0″N 71°4′32.3″W / 42.502222°N 71.075639°W / 42.502222; -71.075639
Built	1889 (1889)
Architectural style	Panel Brick
MPS	Wakefield MRA
NRHP reference #	89000719
Added to NRHP	July 06, 1989

Wakefield station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Wakefield, Massachusetts. It serves the Haverhill Line. This station services nearby Wakefield Square. The MBTA gives its street address as 225 North Avenue, though the station is actually across the tracks, which run parallel to North Avenue. The station is also described by some as being located at 27-29 Tuttle Street, which runs behind the station between Albion and Chestnut Streets. The station is not wheelchair accessible.

Rail service was introduced to Wakefield in 1845, primarily through the efforts of Thomas Spaulding, a local businessman. The surviving 19th-century Wakefield Station was built in 1889 by the Boston and Maine Railroad, and served as Wakefield Upper Depot, a major stop in the town, which in 1893 had six stations with as many as 60 trains per day. The building is architecturally distinctive in the town as an example of Panel Brick architecture, and was originally augmented by a baggage depot which stood to its south. The building now houses commercial activity, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Another former B&M station built in the 1950s is located to the north on the corner of Tuttle and Chestnut Streets, and a former freight house built by B&M sometime around 1845 can be found south of Wakefield Square along North Avenue. The 1950s station house is now a law office, and the modern station operates from sheltered platforms in front of the 1889 B&M depot.

The following bus connection can be made by walking approximately ¼ mile east on West Water Street to Wakefield Square on the corner of Main Street and Water Street: