Anderson Regional Transportation Center

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Anderson Regional Transportation Center
Station statistics
Address	100 Atlantic Avenue Woburn, MA
Lines	Amtrak: Downeaster MBTA: Lowell Line
Connections	Buses
Other information
Accessible
Code	WOB
Traffic
Passengers (2005)	224,640 ▬ 0% (MBTA)
Passengers (2007)	10,413 ▼ 8% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Boston North Terminus Downeaster Haverhill toward Portland Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Mishawum toward North Station Lowell Line Wilmington toward Lowell

Anderson Regional Transportation Center (RTC) is located at 100 Atlantic Ave., off Commerce Way in Woburn, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. It can be accessed from Exit 37C off Interstate 93 or the Washington Street exit off Interstate 95/Route 128. The new station opened on April 28, 2001 and was named in memory of James R. "Jimmy" Anderson, (1968-1981). Its facilities include:

• a stop on Amtrak's Downeaster service to Portland, Maine.
• a stop on the MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line, with inbound service to North Station in Boston.
• Logan Express bus service to Logan International Airport
• Manchester Shuttle service to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport
• (discontinued in 2006:) MetroNorth Shuttle to locations in Woburn, Burlington, and Lahey Clinic
• two large parking lots
• bicycle parking
• staffed ticket window
• a small concession and vending area
• well lit, enclosed waiting areas
• restrooms

There are separate parking lots for overnight parking and for commuter rail (day only) parking. The former is intended for airport and Amtrak customers and is more expensive. Their phone number is 866-441-PARK.

As of 2008, there are 29 commuter-rail departures to Boston each weekday, the most of any MBTA station outside the city after Beverly, which has 32 departures, and Salem, which has 30.

Contents 1 Attractions 2 Accessibility 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Attractions

• easy access to I-93 and I-95/Route 128
• nearby industrial park and large chain stores

[edit] Accessibility

Main article: MBTA accessibility

• Anderson Regional Transportation Center is wheelchair accessible and has a full length, high-level, center platform that serves trains in both directions. There is an elevator in the station building that leads to an overpass and a long ramp to the platform.
• Other Amtrak stations on the Maine line are generally accessible with low platforms and lifts at the stations.
• Only selected MBTA commuter rail stations have wheelchair access and most of those have short elevated platforms that only serve one or two cars.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Amtrak - Stations - Woburn, MA

• Ridership figures, FY 2004
• Ridership figures, FY 2005
• Ridership figures, FY 2006
• Ridership figures, FY 2007

• Amtrak Downeaster
• MetroNorth Shuttle