Wellington (MBTA-Station)

Wellington is the name of a metro station of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ( MBTA ) in Medford, Massachusetts in the United States. The station provides access to the Orange Line.

History

1845 Medford was connected to the network of the Boston and Maine Railroad. Around 1900, a station with the name Wellington was built for this company at 5th Street and 1957 demolished as part of the closure of the route.

Today's train station (0.8 miles) opened on 6 September 1975 as part of Haymarket North Extension approximately 0.5 mi south of the first station. Up for the subsequent commissioning of the following stations Wellington was the northern terminus of the Orange Line.

Railway facilities

Track, signaling and safety systems

The station has three tracks, which are accessible via two central platforms. The westernmost platform operated while the two regularly used tracks of the Orange Line, while the second platform is rarely used because it was built for a planned, but never built Express route.

Building

The station is located on Revere Beach Parkway just east of the intersection of Massachusetts Route 28 The entire station is accessible.

Surroundings

The breakpoint is mainly used as a park and ride station, for which 1,316 paid parking spaces are available. At the station there is in addition a connection to nine bus lines of the MBTA.