North Wilmington station
North Wilmington | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North Wilmington station in July 2025 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 370 Middlesex Avenue (Route 62) Wilmington, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°34′16″N 71°09′39″W / 42.57105°N 71.16094°W | ||||||||||
| Line | Western Route | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | 20 spaces (free) | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | c. 1849; December 19, 1979 | ||||||||||
| Closed | June 14, 1959 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | c. 1914; 1992; 2024–2025 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2024 | 27 daily boardings | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
North Wilmington station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in the North Wilmington village in Wilmington, Massachusetts. The station has a single accessible high-level side platform north of Middlesex Avenue (Route 62). It is served by all Boston–Haverhill trains on the Haverhill Line except for a small number that use the Wildcat Branch.
The Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) built a new line through Wilmington in 1845 and began stopping there around 1849. A station was built in 1851 and renamed North Wilmington in 1888. The station was destroyed by a fire in 1914, and a new structure was built. The ticket office closed in 1949; all service to North Wilmington ended in 1959. A local newspaper rented the building in 1955 and bought it in 1960. It was damaged by fire in 1988 and demolished in 1991.
Under the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), Haverhill Line service to North Wilmington resumed in 1979. Trains initially stopped at the Middlesex Avenue grade crossing. A small platform nearby was built in 1992 to prevent stopped trains from blocking emergency vehicles at the grade crossing. Planning for an accessible platform further from the crossing began in 2018. Construction started in 2024, and the new platform opened in June 2025.