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{{Short description|Railroad station in Belmont, Massachusetts, US}}
{{Infobox station
 | style=MBTA
 | name=Waverley
 | image= Waverley MBTA Station, 2022, Belmont MA.jpg
 | image_caption= Waverley station in 2022
 | address=525 Trapelo Road
 | borough=[[Belmont, Massachusetts]]
 | coordinates= {{coord|42|23|16.22|N|71|11|24.64|W |type:railwaystation_region:US-MA |display=inline,title}}
 | line=[[Fitchburg Line|Fitchburg Route]]
 | other={{bus icon|12px}} [[MBTA bus]]: {{MBTA bus links|Waverley}}
 | platform=2 [[side platform]]s
 | tracks=2
 | parking=
 | bicycle=
 | passengers=115 (weekday average boardings)<ref name=CRcounts>{{MBTA CR 2018}}</ref>
 | pass_year=2018
 | opened=1860;<ref name=150years>{{cite book |title=Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years |author1=Humphrey, Thomas J.  |author2=Clark, Norton D.  |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Boston Street Railway Association |year=1985 |isbn=9780685412947 |pages=86–88}}</ref> March 4, 1974<ref name="netransit">{{NETransit}}</ref>
 | closed=1958<ref name=netransit />
 | rebuilt=1952<ref name=150years />
 | accessible=No
 | owned=
 | zone=1
 | services= {{Adjacent stations|system=MBTA|line=Fitchburg|left=Waltham|right=Belmont Center}}
 | other_services_header = Former services
 | other_services_collapsible=yes
 | other_services={{Adjacent stations|system1=Boston and Maine Railroad
 |line1=Boston-Northampton|left1=Clematis Brook|right1=Belmont|note-mid1=(closed 1952)}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|MBTA|Rail}} |zoom=12 }}
}}

'''Waverley station''' is an [[MBTA Commuter Rail]] station in [[Belmont, Massachusetts]]. It serves the [[Fitchburg Line]]. It is located below grade in Waverley Square in the triangle of Trapelo Road, Lexington Street, and Church Street in western Belmont.

==History==
[[File:Waverly stations postcard.jpg|thumb|left|Ex-Fitchburg Railroad station at left and ex-Central Massachusetts Railroad station at right around 1905. By this time, both railroads and stations were under control of the Boston & Maine Railroad.]]
The [[Fitchburg Railroad]] opened through Belmont on December 20, 1843, but no station stop at Waverley Square existed until about 1860.<ref name=150years /> Service on the [[Central Massachusetts Railroad#HistoricMassachusettsCentralRailroad|Massachusetts Central Railroad]] which ran parallel to the Fitchburg, began in 1881, and operations continued under the successor [[Central Massachusetts Railroad]] by 1885.<ref name=150years /><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I1o3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA16 |title=ABC Pathfinder Railway Guide |page=16 |year=1858 |publisher=New England Railway Publishing Company |via=Google Books}}</ref> The two railroads had separate station buildings, both of which remained in use until somewhat after both railroads were consolidated under the [[Boston and Maine Railroad]] (B&M). The tracks originally ran through the square at grade, with level crossings of Trapelo Road and Lexington Street. In August 1951, the town approved an agreement with the state and the B&M for a $1.125 million state-funded project to lower the tracks {{convert|18|feet}} to eliminate the crossings.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57218938/the-boston-globe/ |title=Underpass OK'd for Waverly Sq. at $1,125,000 Cost |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=August 3, 1951 |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> The work was completed in 1952, at which time Central Mass Branch trains were moved from their parallel tracks onto the Fitchburg main.<ref name=150years /> All service to Waverley and nearby [[Belmont Center station]] ended in 1958.<ref name=netransit />

Service to Belmont Center and Waverley resumed on March 4, 1974. The Central Mass Branch had been discontinued in 1971, so all service was on the South Acton (now Fitchburg) Line.<ref name=netransit /> The station building was gone by 1977.<ref name=olddepot>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107181425/the-boston-globe/ |title=There's no depot like an old depot |first=Alan P. |last=Henry |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=August 10, 1977 |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Weekend service was discontinued at the two stops on January 30, 1981 as part of general cutbacks, but restored on December 6, 1993.<ref name=netransit /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38328189/the_boston_globe/ |title=T changes start today |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=February 1, 1981 |page=24 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}</ref>

As part of budget cuts,<ref>{{cite news |last1=TUCKER |first1=FRANKLIN |date=February 29, 2012 |title=MBTA Cuts Will Go Deep Into Belmont |url=http://patch.com/massachusetts/belmont/mbta-cuts-will-go-deep-into-belmont |publisher=Belmont Patch |access-date=September 17, 2015 }}</ref> in 2015, the MBTA was considering an option to shutter the current Waverley station and/or Belmont station(s)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Berkowitz |first1=Bram |date=September 17, 2015 |title=Belmont could be home to new MBTA station |url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20150917/NEWS/150916518 |publisher=Gatehouse Media, LLC |agency=Wicked Local |access-date=September 17, 2015 }}</ref> due to expenses related to costs for making Waverley [[ADA-accessible]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=TUCKER |first1=FRANKLIN B. |date=September 16, 2015 |title=Belmont Could See One, Both MBTA Commuter Stations Closed In Favor of New Stop |url=http://belmontonian.com/news/belmont-could-see-one-both-mbta-commuter-stations-closed-in-favor-of-new-stop/ |agency=The Belmontonian |access-date= September 17, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://willbrownsberger.com/a-new-challenge-for-belmont-and-the-mbta/comment-page-10/ |title=A New Challenge for Belmont and the MBTA |last=Brownsberger |first=Will |date=September 4, 2015 |publisher=State Senator |access-date=September 17, 2015 }}</ref>  Plans to combine both stations have been outlined in previous studies as early as 2005. Such works as the ''Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line Improvement Implementation Plan'', released in September 2005 have considered this plan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mbta.com/projects_underway/images/fitchburg/Fitchburg-Implementation1200.gif |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129070552/http://savetheayertrain.pbworks.com/f/FitchburgImplementation1200.gif |archivedate=29 January 2014 |work=Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line Improvement Implementation Plan |title=MBTA Commuter Rail Fitchburg Branch Improvements |date=September 2005 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |accessdate=29 January 2014}}</ref>
Other past proposals for altering the station, and in the process raising revenue have included building above the trench style station with a five-story mixed retail and residential development.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cole |first1=Caroline Louise |date=February 12, 2004 |title=MBTA air rights eyed for 5-story complex |url=https://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/02/12/mbta_air_rights_eyed_for_5_story_complex/?page=full |publisher=[[The Boston Globe]] |access-date=September 17, 2015 }}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.mbta.com/stops/place-FR-0074 MBTA – Waverley]
{{Belmont, Massachusetts}}

[[Category:Belmont, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Middlesex County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1860]]
[[Category:Former Boston and Maine Railroad stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations closed in 1958]]