Wonderland (MBTA station)

WONDERLAND
A Blue Line train approaches the platforms
Location	1300 North Shore Road (Route 1A) Revere, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°24′49″N 70°59′30″W / 42.4135°N 70.9918°W / 42.4135; -70.9918Coordinates: 42°24′49″N 70°59′30″W / 42.4135°N 70.9918°W / 42.4135; -70.9918
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA Bus: 110, 116, 117, 411, 424W, 426W, 441, 442, 448, 449, 450W, 455
Construction
Parking	1,862 spaces (37 accessible)
Bicycle facilities	24 spaces "Pedal and Park" bicycle cage
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	January 19, 1954
Rebuilt	June 24, 1995 July 2008 June 30, 2012
Previous names	Bath House (BRB&L)
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	6,105 (weekday average boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Revere Beach toward Bowdoin Blue Line Terminus

24 spaces

Wonderland is a rapid transit station on the MBTA Blue Line, located adjacent to Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts. It currently serves as the northern terminus of the line, as well as a major bus transfer station for the North Shore area. The station is fully handicapped accessible.

A previous station, Bath House, was open near the site on the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad from approximately 1900 to 1940. Wonderland station opened in January 1954. It was rebuilt in 1995, repaired in 2008, and upgraded with a large parking garage and pedestrian bridge in 2012.

The station plays a role in the 1998 film Next Stop Wonderland as the eponymous destination of the main characters.

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. The Eastern Railroad opened its Chelsea Beach Branch in 1881 along the modern Blue Line corridor slightly inland. A third line - the Boston, Winthrop, and Shore Railroad - shared the Chelsea Beach Branch alignment in 1884-5. None of the three railroads initially stopped at the modern station site, which was then an unpopulated swampy area. The BRB&L had a stop named Atlantic (later renamed as Revere Street) at Revere Street some 2,000 feet (610 m) to the north of the modern station site from the beginning of its operations; the other railroads may have briefly had Revere Street stops as well.

The Chelsea Beach Branch, which operated only during the summer, ended operations in 1891, although the rails remained in place until the 1920s. In April 1897, the BRB&L was moved inland onto the modern right-of-way next to the abandoned Chelsea Beach Branch. A new station, Bath House, was soon built on the east side of the tracks across from the new Revere Beach Bath House, just north of the modern station site. 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.