page_title: Wakefield station (MBTA)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Wakefield station (MBTA) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Wakefield MBTA Stop, Wakefield Massachusetts
context_page_description: Wakefield is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Wakefield, Massachusetts served by the Haverhill Line. The station is not accessible.
context_section_description: Rail service was introduced to Wakefield in 1845, primarily through the efforts of Thomas Spaulding, a local businessman.  The surviving 19th-century Wakefield Station was built in 1889 by the Boston and Maine Railroad, and served as Wakefield Upper Depot, a major stop in the town, which in 1893 had six stations with as many as 60 trains per day.  The building is architecturally distinctive in the town as an example of Panel Brick architecture, and was originally augmented by a baggage depot which stood to its south.  The building now houses commercial activity, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The former Lynnfield Centre depot from the Newburyport Railroad line, closed in 1959, is located at the north end of the station. Center Depot, another NRHP-listed station, is about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the east.
caption: The current platform that serves MBTA Commuters in Wakefield, next to the historic depot
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