Wellesley Farms Railroad Station

Infobox Station
name = Wellesley Farms Station
type = Commuter Rail
address = 90 Crotin St
Wellesley, MA 02481
coordinates = coord|42|19|24.99|N|71|16|20.24|W|type:railwaystation
line = rail color box|system=MBTA|line=Framingham
platform =
parking = 199 spaces, $4.50 fee,
4 accessible spaces
bicycle = 16 spaces
opened = 1890
ADA =
owned = Town of Wellesley
zone = 3
former =
services =Infobox nrhp
name = Wellesley Farms Railroad Station
nrhp_type =
locmapin = Massachusetts
mapwidth = 250
location = Croton St. extension
Wellesley, Massachusetts
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 19
lat_seconds = 24.99
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 16
long_seconds = 20.24
long_direction = W
area =
built = 1890
architect = Richardson,Henry Hobson, Et al.cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MA/Norfolk/state7.html|title=MASSACHUSETTS (MA), Norfolk County|publisher=National Register of Historical Places|accessdate=2007-11-09]
architecture = Romanesque
added = February 14, 1986Cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|accessdate=2007-11-09]
refnum = 86000259
governing_body =

Wellesley Farms Railroad Station is a rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail system in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The station is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

The station is located on 90 Croton Street. Service to the station is provided by the Framingham/Worcester Line from Boston to Framingham and Worcester, Massachusetts both inbound and outbound.

History

The first rail stop in Wellesley Farms opened in the 1830s as a flag stop on the Boston and Worcester Railroad, which was later merged into the Boston and Albany Railroad. The first station was called Rice's Crossing. Wellesley Farms Railroad Station opened to replace Rice's Crossing in 1890. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

ee also

*List of Registered Historic Places in Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Further reading

*Cite book|last=Robinson|first=Charles M.|title=Boston & Albany Railroad: Suburban Station Grounds|year=1904|publisher=H. T. Coates|oclc=25110729

References

* [http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/rail/lines/stations/?stopId=217 MBTA > Commuter Rail > Wellesley Farms] . MBTA. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
*Cite book|last=Fiske|first=Joseph E.|coauthors=Ellen W. Fiske|title=History of the Town of Wellesley, Massachusetts|publisher=The Pilgrim Press|location=Boston, Chicago|year=1917|oclc=6541911
*Cite book|author=New England Railway Publishing Company|coauthors=et al.|title=ABC Pathfinder Railway Guide|pages=p. 21|publisher=New England Railway Pub|year=1875

External links

* [http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/rail/lines/stations/?stopId=217 MBTA - Wellesley Farms]