Beaver Brook station

Beaver Brook is a former MBTA Commuter Rail station in Waltham, Massachusetts. It served the Fitchburg Line. It was located near Main Street east of the center of town, and was named after a nearby brook of the same name.

Not to be confused with Beaver Brook Station, New Brunswick.
Beaver Brook
Former Beaver Brook platform in July 2015
General information
LocationMassasoit Street
Waltham, Massachusetts
Coordinates42.377456°N 71.224417°W / 42.377456; -71.224417
Owned byBoston and Maine Railroad
Line(s)Fitchburg Line
Platforms1
Tracks2
History
ClosedJune 1978[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Waltham
toward South Acton
 Fitchburg Line Clematis Brook
toward North Station

History
Beaver Brook station around 1900

The grade crossing of Main Street (Route 20) at the station was proposed for elimination in 1913 and 1923; it was finally replaced by a bridge slightly to the east in 1935–36 – the first grade crossing elimination conducted as a Works Progress Administration project.[2][3][4]

In December 1958, Beaver Brook was one of eleven stations – four commuter rail stations in Waltham and Weston, and seven stops west of Fitchburg – on the Fitchburg Route proposed for closure.[5] Stony Brook in Weston and the seven western stations were closed on June 14, 1959; limited service continued to Silver Hill, Riverview, and Beaver Brook.[1][6]

The station was closed in June 1978 along with Clematis Brook station on the Fitchburg Line and Winchester Highlands station on the Lowell Line. All three stops served only rush hour trains at the time of their closing.[1] The station building is no longer extant, but a short section of platform remains.

References
  1. Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
  2. "Waltham Grade Crossings". Boston Globe. February 28, 1913. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Waltham". Boston Globe. August 8, 1923. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Waltham Project Begins Next Month". Boston Globe. October 21, 1935. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "B. & M. Seeks to Drop 78 Trains, 27 Stops". Boston Globe. December 5, 1958. pp. 1, 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Train Cuts Due June 12". Brattleboro Reformer. May 14, 1959. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.

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