Winchester Highlands station

Winchester Highlands
Winchester Highlands station around 1915
General information
Location	Cross Street, Winchester, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°28′04″N 71°07′54″W / 42.46772°N 71.13154°W / 42.46772; -71.13154
Line(s)	New Hampshire Main Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
History
Opened	Before 1864
Closed	June 1978[1]
Rebuilt	1877, 1943
Previous names	North Winchester
Passengers
1972	13 daily boardings
Former services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Wilmington toward Lowell Lowell Line limited service Winchester Center toward North Station Preceding station Boston and Maine Railroad Following station Montvale toward Concord, NH Boston – Concord, NH Winchester toward Boston
Location

Winchester Highlands station was an MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line station located at Cross Street in the northern part of Winchester, Massachusetts. It originally opened in the mid-19th century under the Boston and Lowell Railroad (B&L) as a flag stop called North Winchester. In 1877, a local real estate developer constructed a new station building, which was renamed Winchester Highlands. The B&L became part of the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) in 1887. Service to the station gradually decreased in the 20th century, and the depot was replaced by a wooden shelter around 1943. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) began subsidizing service on the line in 1965. Winchester Highlands and two other stations with low ridership were closed by the MBTA in June 1978.