Swampscott | |||||||||||
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 The 1868-built Swampscott station in 2008 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 10 Railroad Avenue Swampscott, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Eastern Route | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | 131 spaces ($4.00 fee) | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1836 (original station) | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1868 (current station) 1997 (renovation) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 891 (weekday average boardings)[1] | ||||||||||
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Swampscott Railroad Depot | |||||||||||
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| Location | Swampscott, Massachusetts, USA | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°28′25″N 70°55′21″W / 42.47361°N 70.92250°W | ||||||||||
| Built | 1868 [3][4] | ||||||||||
| Architect | Cram, George W.; Eastern RR [3][4] | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Stick/Eastlake | ||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 98001106[2] | ||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | August 28, 1998 | ||||||||||
Swampscott station is a historic railroad station in Swampscott, Massachusetts. Located in the southwest portion of Swampscott near the Lynn border, it serves the MBTA Commuter Rail Newburyport/Rockport Line. The historic Stick/Eastlake-style depot building, was originally built in 1868 for the Eastern Railroad, but is no longer in use. The location still serves as an accessible MBTA Commuter Rail stop and park-and-ride location for Swampscott and adjoining Marblehead. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 as Swampscott Railroad Depot.
- ^ Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b "Swampscott Railroad Depot". University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Library. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ a b Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and Essex National Heritage Commission (May 2005). "Swampscott Reconnaissance Report" (PDF). Essex County Landscape Inventory. Massachusetts Heritage Landscape Inventory Program. Retrieved 2 August 2014.