page_title: Newburyport station
section_title: Former station
hierarchical_section_title: Newburyport station / History / Former station
caption_attribution_description: English: Woodcutting of the first Newburyport station, in use from 1840 to 1854
context_page_description: Newburyport is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Newburyport, Massachusetts. It is located between Parker Street and U.S. Route 1 south of downtown Newburyport, and serves the Newburyport/Rockport Line. The station is the terminus of the Newburyport Branch of the line, with three parking lots totalling over 800 spaces. The Clipper City Rail Trail, running along the former right-of-way, connects the station to the town center. Newburyport station is fully accessible.
context_section_description: The Eastern Railroad's original Newburyport station was located in downtown Newburyport, near Washington Street. Opened in 1840, it was a small wooden structure with a two-track trainshed.  It was replaced by a larger brick station just to the north in March 1854. The 1854 station was destroyed by fire on March 3, 1892; a large brick structure with a turret was constructed on the same spot. 
  Service on the Boston and Maine Railroad's Eastern Route was cut back from Portsmouth, New Hampshire on January 4, 1965, as part of a general discontinuance of the railroad's interstate service. The only service past Hamilton/Wenham (after June 28, past Ipswich) was a single round trip to Newburyport with an intermediate stop at Rowley. 
  On April 20, 1967, Newburyport began partially subsidizing the service; Rowley did not, and its station was abandoned. The final day of Newburyport service was April 2, 1976, as the town declined to continue the subsidy; service was cut back to Ipswich. That December, the MBTA bought the B&M's commuter rail assets, including the Eastern Route up to the New Hampshire state line. Freight service continued until 1984, through the line was not officially abandoned until 1984.
caption: An early woodcutting of the first (1840-built) station
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