Reading station (MBTA)

Reading
Reading station in 2014
General information
Location	35 Lincoln Street Reading, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°31′18″N 71°6′27″W / 42.52167°N 71.10750°W / 42.52167; -71.10750
Line(s)	Western Route
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	1
Connections	MBTA bus: 137
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	10 spaces
Accessible	Yes
Architectural style	Stick/Eastlake, Queen Anne
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	1845
Rebuilt	1870, 1991
Passengers
2018	855 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Wakefield toward North Station Haverhill Line North Wilmington toward Haverhill
Former services Preceding station Boston and Maine Railroad Following station Wakefield toward Boston Western Route Reading Highlands toward Portland
Boston and Maine Railroad Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
MPS	Reading MRA
NRHP reference No.	84002509[2]
Added to NRHP	July 19, 1984
Location

Reading station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Reading, Massachusetts. It serves the Haverhill/Reading Line. It is located at Lincoln and High Streets on the western fringe of Reading's central business district. The station's historic depot building was built in 1870 by the Boston and Maine Railroad. The station was the terminus of the line from 1959 until the re-extension to Haverhill station in 1979.