Rowley station (MBTA)

Rowley is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Rowley, Massachusetts. It is the penultimate station on the Newburyport branch of the Newburyport/Rockport Line.

Rowley
The platform at Rowley station in 2010
Location70 Railroad Avenue, Rowley, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°43′37″N 70°51′33″W
Owned byMBTA
Line(s)Eastern Route
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
ParkingYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone7
History
OpenedOctober 26, 1998
Passengers
2018113 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Ipswich
toward North Station
 Newburyport/​Rockport Line Newburyport
Terminus

History

A previous station in Rowley, serving trains from the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M)'s Eastern Route (the precursor to the Newburyport portion of the Newburyport/Rockport Line), was closed on April 20, 1967, when the B&M received permission from the Interstate Commerce Commission to discontinue all service on the line (which had been cut back from Portsmouth to Newburyport in January 1965); at that point, service beyond Ipswich consisted of only one daily round trip to North Station.[2]

Both Rowley and Newburyport were, at the time, outside the MBTA's service district; the town of Newburyport signed a subsidy agreement with the MBTA, allowing it to continue to receive service, but Rowley did not, and its station closed.[2] Newburyport service continued to run until April 2, 1976.[3] The current station opened on October 26, 1998, as part of the restoration of service on the Newburyport/Rockport Line between Ipswich and Newburyport.[4] As with Newburyport, the new station was built with a full-length high-level platform, which allows level boarding for all cars of even the longest MBTA trains.

References
  1. Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  2. Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit.
  3. "End of Commuting". Boston Globe. April 1, 1976. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Dodge, John (October 1998). "The railroad returns to Newburyport". Trains. 57 (10): 48.

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