Bellingham Sq | |||||||||||||
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![]() An inbound bus at Bellingham Square station in 2021 | |||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||
Location | Arlington Street and 6th Street Chelsea, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°23′45″N 71°02′03″W / 42.3957°N 71.0342°W | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Silver Line busway Eastern Route | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | ||||||||||||
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Parking | No[1] | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | None[1] | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | November 29, 1985 (commuter rail) April 21, 2018 (Silver Line)[2] | ||||||||||||
Closed | November 15, 2021 (commuter rail) | ||||||||||||
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Bellingham Square station (formerly Chelsea station) is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Silver Line bus rapid transit (BRT) station located near Bellingham Square slightly north of downtown Chelsea, Massachusetts. The station has two accessible side platforms for buses on the SL3 route. The Boston and Maine Railroad and predecessor Eastern Railroad served Chelsea station at the same location from the mid-1850s to 1958. The MBTA opened Chelsea station on the Newburyport/Rockport Line in 1985. Prior to its 2010 cancellation, the Urban Ring Project planned for a circumferential BRT line with a stop at Mystic Mall. Planning continued for the Chelsea segment; a Silver Line extension to Mystic Mall was announced in 2013. Construction began in 2015, and SL3 service to the renamed Bellingham Square station began on April 21, 2018. Commuter rail service moved to the newly constructed Chelsea station on November 15, 2021.
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