Wellesley Farms station

Wellesley Farms
Wellesley Farms station in 2009
General information
Location	90 Croton Street Wellesley, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°19′23.5″N 71°16′19″W / 42.323194°N 71.27194°W / 42.323194; -71.27194
Owned by	Town of Wellesley
Line(s)	Worcester Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	199 spaces ($4.50 daily)
Bicycle facilities	16 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1830s
Rebuilt	1890
Previous names	Rice's Crossing
Passengers
2018	298 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Wellesley Hills toward Worcester Framingham/​Worcester Line Auburndale toward South Station
Former services Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station Wellesley Hills toward Albany Boston and Albany Railroad Main Line Riverside toward Boston
Wellesley Farms Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Croton Street Extension, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
Area	2.1 acres (0.85 ha)
Built	1890
Architect	H.H. Richardson
Architectural style	Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	86000259[2]
Added to NRHP	February 14, 1986

Wellesley Farms station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Wellesley, Massachusetts. It serves the Framingham/Worcester Line. It is located in the Wellesley Farms area. The current station building, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in 1886 and constructed in 1890, has been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as Wellesley Farms Railroad Station since 1986.^[2]

History

The Boston & Worcester Railroad (B&W), extending outwards from Boston, reached through the West Parish of Needham in mid-1834.^[3] Rice's Crossing station opened as a flag stop north of Glen Road soon afterward.^[4] In 1839, the line was double tracked through the area.^[5]

Wellesley Farms station, which was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson prior to his death in 1886, opened south of Glen Road to replace Rice's Crossing in 1890.^[4] Like many B&A stations, it had attractive landscaping; Charles Mulford Robinson called it "unique, and to be remembered" in 1904.^[6]

The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[2] In July 2004, the MBTA closed a paved crossing between the crossings in response to concerns about safety. Similar crossings exist at some other MBTA stations, but the agency's policy is to eliminate grade crossings whenever possible when building or renovating stations.^[7]

In June 2021, the MBTA issued a $28 million design contract for a project to add a third track from Weston to Framingham, including reconstruction of the three Wellesley stations and West Natick station. The project was expected to cost around $400 million, of which rebuilding Wellesley Farms station would be $34 million, with completion in 2030.^[8]

References

External links

• MBTA - Wellesley Farms
• Google Maps Street View: Croton Street entrance, Glen Road entrance, Hundreds Road entrance

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