Anderson Regional Transportation Center
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<tr valign="top"><th align="right">Address</th><td>100 Atlantic Avenue
Woburn, MA</td></tr><tr valign="top"><th align="right">Lines</th><td>Amtrak:
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<tr valign="top"><th align="right">Accessible</th><td> </td></tr><tr valign="top"><th align="right">Code</th><td>WOB</td></tr><tr style="text-align:center;">
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<tr valign="top"><th align="right">Passengers (2005)</th><td>224,640 ▬ 0% (MBTA)</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><th align="right">Passengers (2007)</th><td>10,413 ▼ 8% (Amtrak)</td></tr><tr style="text-align:center;">
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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:
There are separate parking lots for Amtrak and Logan overnight parking and for commuter rail (day only) parking. The former 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.
[edit] Attractions
- easy access to I-93 and I-95/Route 128
- nearby industrial park and large chain stores
[edit] Accessibility
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- 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.
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