Lawrence (MBTA station)

Infobox Station
name = Lawrence
address = 211 Merrimack Street Lawrence, Massachusetts 01843
coordinates = coord|42|42|7|N|71|9|9|W|type:railwaystation
line = rail color box|system=MBTA|line=Haverhill/Reading
other = MVRTA bus
platform = inbound: high side platform outbound: low side temporary platform
tracks = 2
parking = 400 spaces, $3.00/day fee 5 accessible spaces
opened = 2005 (relocated)
ADA = Yes
owned = Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority
zone = 6
services =

Lawrence Station is a rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail system in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The station is located at the Senator Patricia McGovern Transportation Center on 211 Merrimack Street in the city's Gateway District. Service to the station is provided by the Haverhill/Reading Line from Boston to Haverhill, Massachusetts both inbound and outbound.

Due to track and signal construction related to the new station, passengers board and exit outbound trains at a temporary platform. All passengers will use the main platform when construction is complete in 2008. [Cite news|last=Chelf|first=Stephanie |title=Rail riders: Where's platform? |work=The Eagle-Tribune |date=December 24 2007 |pages=1]

History

In 1848, the Boston & Maine Railroad operated the first authenticated 60 mph (96.6 km/h) train, "The Antelope", from Boston to Lawrence, travelling 26 miles in 26 minutes. [Cite book|last=George|first=Charles B.|title=Forty Years on the Rail|origyear=1887|edition=2nd|publisher=R.R. Donnelley & Sons|pages=pp. 50-54|chapter=A MILE A MINUTE]

On December 6, 2005, the Senator Patricia McGovern Transportation Center opened with a new Lawrence train station, replacing the former station one block to the west.

Bus connections

*MVRTA Route 33 - Lawrence - North Andover ( [http://www.mvrta.com/33/33.shtml schedule] )
*Other MVRTA connections from Buckley Transportation Center ( [http://www.mvrta.com/information/Lawrence_map/lawrence_map.html map] )

ee also

*Land speed record for railed vehicles

References

* [http://www.mvrta.com/MCGOVERN.htm Senator Patricia McGovern Transportation Center] . MVRTA. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
* [http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/rail/lines/stations/?stopId=102 MBTA > Commuter Rail > Lawrence] . MBTA. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.

External links

* [http://www.mvrta.com/MCGOVERN.htm Senator Patricia McGovern Transportation Center - MVRTA]