Salem Street | |||||||||||
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The disused platform viewed in 2014 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Salem Street Wilmington, Massachusetts United States | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°34′28″N 71°10′10″W / 42.5745°N 71.1694°W | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Wildcat Branch | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | June 14, 1959[1] | ||||||||||
Closed | June 30, 1967[2] | ||||||||||
Former services | |||||||||||
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Salem Street station was a short-lived commuter rail station in Wilmington, Massachusetts in use from 1959 to 1967. It was located at the Salem Street crossing. It was established by the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) as the sole stop on the Wildcat Branch, in the wake of a restructuring brought on by service cuts. In 1965, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority started funding MBTA Commuter Rail service on the B&M routes, but closed Salem Street in 1967.