Manchester By The Sea | |||||||||||
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 An outbound train at Manchester station in 2014 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 40 Beach Street Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°34′26″N70°46′09″W / 42.5740°N 70.7691°W /42.5740; -70.7691 | ||||||||||
| Line | Gloucester Branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 71 spaces (free) | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 7 spaces | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 6 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2024 | 121 daily boardings[1] | ||||||||||
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Manchester station (signed asManchester by the Sea) is anMBTA Commuter RailNewburyport/Rockport Line station inManchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. The station isaccessible, withmini-high platforms at the outbound end of the platform.[2]
The Gloucester Branch opened fromBeverly to Manchester in August 1847. It was extended toGloucester station in December 1847, and toRockport in November 1861.[3] The line later passed to theEastern Railroad, which itself was absorbed by theBoston and Maine Railroad (B&M).
The original passenger station was replaced by a newer station in 1895. Neither survive, but the original freight house is present and used as a community center.[4] West Manchester station, which was located on Boardman Street, was closed in early 1940.[5]
When theMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) was formed in August 1964 to subsidize suburban commuter service, Manchester was the northeast limit of its funding district. On January 18, 1965, the B&M cut Gloucester Branch service back to Manchester. After Gloucester and Rockport reached funding deals to subsidize out-of-district operations, full service was returned to Rockport on June 28, 1965.[6] The 1895-built station was demolished by 1977 and replaced by a laundromat.[7]
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