Belmont Center (MBTA station)

Infobox Station
name = Belmont Center
type = Commuter Rail
address = Common St & Concord Ave
Belmont, MA 02478
coordinates = coord|42|23|45|N|71|10|30|W|type:railwaystation
line = rail color box|system=MBTA|line=Fitchburg
platform = side platforms
parking = no spaces
bicycle = 8 spaces
opened =
closed =
ADA =
owned =
zone = 1
former =
services =Infobox nrhp
name = Belmont Railroad Station
nrhp_type =
locmapin = Massachusetts
mapwidth = 250
location = 1 Common St
Belmont, Massachusetts
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 23
lat_seconds = 45
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 10
long_seconds = 30
long_direction = W
area =
built = 1908
architect =
architecture = Bungalow/Craftsman
added = December 4, 1998Cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|accessdate=2007-11-11]
refnum = 98001443
governing_body =

Belmont Center Station is a rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail system in Belmont, Massachusetts.

The station is located at the intersection of Common Street and Concord Avenue in Belmont Center. Service to the station is provided by the Fitchburg Line from Boston to Fitchburg, Massachusetts both inbound and outbound.

The former depot building, now called Belmont Lions Club Building, is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places and is owned by the club. [Cite web|url=http://www.town.belmont.ma.us/Public_Documents/BelmontMA_WebDocs/townlinks/lions|title=Belmont Lions Club|publisher=Town of Belmont|accessdate=2007-11-11]

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Nearby destinations

*Pleasant Street Historic District

Bus connections

For connecting service from the commuter rail to Harvard Square it is faster to go via the Red Line from the Porter Square commuter rail stop.
* [http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/bus/routes/?route=74 74] Harvard Sta. via Concord Ave.
* [http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/bus/routes/?route=75 75] Harvard Sta. via Concord Ave.

ee also

*List of Registered Historic Places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

References

* [http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/rail/lines/stations/?stopId=18 MBTA > Commuter Rail > Belmont Center] . MBTA. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/981211.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings - December 11, 1998] National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
*Waite, Thornton. [http://salisburypoint.tnsing.com/history/1826_historic_places/historic_places.html RAILROAD PROPERTIES ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES IN MASSACHUSETTS] , Salisbury Point Railroad Historical Society. Retrieved on 2007-11-10.

External links

* [http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/rail/lines/stations/?stopId=18 MBTA - Belmont Center]