Reading station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Reading, Massachusetts. It serves the Haverhill/Reading Line. It is located at Lincoln and High Streets on the western fringe of Reading's central business district. The station's historic depot building was built in 1870 by the Boston and Maine Railroad. The station was the terminus of the line from 1959 until the re-extension to Haverhill station in 1979.
Reading station in 2014
Reading station on an early postcard
Reading is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, 16 miles (26 km) north of central Boston. The population was 25,518 at the 2020 census.
Downtown Reading in March 2014
Parker Tavern, built in 1694, is the oldest surviving building in Reading and was owned and operated by Ephraim Parker, great-grandson of Thomas Parker, one of Reading's founders for whom the town is likely named; the tavern is now a museum.
The Reading Post Office Square, c. 1905
Reading Town Hall