by Rockingham Racer
Lowell Jct. used to be a stop. Not sure if it had a station.
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B&Mguy wrote:Is the set of concrete stairs off of the bridge at College Ave the old access point to the Tufts stop? I've tried to locate any traces of this station, but haven't been too successful. The MBTA must have eliminated traces of it pretty quickly after service ended in 1979.The Tufts station, both the original B&M station and the MBTA station from the 70's was located across from Dearborn Road, which is considerably down Boston Ave. from the bridge at College Ave. The University built a new police station on the site of the B&M station (not sure what that building is now), and when the MBTA restored the stop, you'd walk around the police station to get to the platforms. In the following google picture, the building I'm referring to as the police station is on the right, and you'd get to the tracks down the driveway to its left: http://tinyurl.com/zjqsaax" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The MBTA platform was only maybe 25-30 feet long...basically one door on one Budd car.
Rockingham Racer wrote:Lowell Jct. used to be a stop. Not sure if it had a station.Yes, in ancient times Lowell Junction had a combination station/tower, but it was gone well before the MBTA era. This photo is scanned from the 1975 book New England Diesels by Dave Albert and George F. Melvin.