page_title: Billerica, Massachusetts
section_title: Transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Billerica, Massachusetts / Transportation
caption_attribution_description: English: North Billerica MBTA Station, North Billerica Massachusetts
context_page_description: Billerica is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,243 according to the 2010 census. It takes its name from the town of Billericay in Essex, England.
context_section_description: MBTA Commuter Rail provides service from Boston's North Station with the North Billerica station on its Lowell Line. The southern portions of the town are also geographically close to the Wilmington (MBTA station) and the Anderson Regional Transportation Center in Woburn.  The Lowell Regional Transit Authority provides bus service in parts of Billerica.  Route #3 (South Lowell) services the North Billerica MBTA station and the North Billerica Business Center.  Route #13 (Billerica via Edson) services Boston Road (Massachusetts Route 3A) from North Billerica to Pinehurst.  Stops along the way include the North Billerica MBTA Station, Pollard Street, High Street, Billerica Center and Town Hall, the Billerica Mall, and Towne Plaza, and a shopping center located in Riverdale. Route #14 (Burlington Mall/Lahey Hospital & Medical Center) services Route 3A until Billerica Center, where it continues onto Concord Road and the Middlesex Turnpike.
  The Middlesex Canal, which flowed through Billerica between 1795 and 1852, was used to transport goods between Lowell and Boston.  Because of this key transportation corridor, Billerica earned the moniker "Gateway to Lowell."
  In the 1840s, the Boston and Lowell Railroad's main line was built and passed through the town's villages of North Billerica and East Billerica.  Stations were built in both locations and North Billerica Station is still an active station on the MBTA Commuter Rail. Trains stopped taking passengers at East Billerica in 1965 and the station was remodeled and is now a private home.
caption: North Billerica MBTA station
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