Winchester Highlands station

Winchester Highlands
A two-story house next to an elevated railway line. The upper level of the house serves as a railway station.
Winchester Highlands station around 1915
General information
LocationCross Street, Winchester, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°28′04″N 71°07′54″W / 42.46772°N 71.13154°W / 42.46772; -71.13154
Line(s)New Hampshire Main Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
History
OpenedBefore 1864
ClosedJune 1978[1]
Rebuilt1877, 1943
Previous namesNorth Winchester
Passengers
197213 daily boardings
Former services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Wilmington
toward Lowell
Lowell Line
limited service
Winchester Center
Preceding station Boston and Maine Railroad Following station
Montvale Boston – Concord, NH Winchester
toward Boston
Location
Map

Winchester Highlands station was an MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line station located at Cross Street in the northern part of Winchester, Massachusetts. It originally opened in the mid-19th century under the Boston and Lowell Railroad (B&L) as a flag stop called North Winchester. In 1877, a local real estate developer constructed a new station building, which was renamed Winchester Highlands. The B&L became part of the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) in 1887. Service to the station gradually decreased in the 20th century, and the depot was replaced by a wooden shelter around 1943. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) began subsidizing service on the line in 1965. Winchester Highlands and two other stations with low ridership were closed by the MBTA in June 1978.

  1. ^ Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.