Wellesley Hills is a non-accessible Worchester-Framingham Station. The station contains a still standing historic Richardson Romanesque stone station house that was built in 1886. This station house presently contains (as of Fall 2024) Cafe Nero, a coffee shop.
The station depot leads out to a completely low-level platform along the Inbound track. Directly along the Inbound platform in front of the station house is a single wooden pedestrian crossing (with no crossing lights or bells) that provides the only access to the Outbound track’s side platform. The Outbound platform is completely bare of any amenities except for a few Wellesley Station signs and a trash bin. This platform is built into a hillside with trees towering above it and a low concrete retaining wall.
The Outbound platform is also quite offset from the Inbound platform, who’s western end is front of the station house, while the pedestrian crossing is nearly at the Outbound platform’s eastern end.
The rest of the Inbound platform leads out to a triangular shaped small Park & Ride lot with just 56 spaces, south of the depot. This lot is wedged along Washington Street that the railroad curves away from at the station. At nearly the northern end of the platform is the overpass bridge of Cliff Road, along the outbound side of the station, this bridge is supported by the steep terrain above the Outbound. Track. A short staircase (with a neat old fashioned green railing) leads down to a short path along a parking lot before arriving at another short wooden staircase down to the end of this platform.
Photos 1-51 taken on June 19, 2024;
The T logo on the front of an F40 Locomotive stopped in the station
F40 #1029 pushes an Inbound train towards Boston out of the station that has stopped on the Outbound platform wrong-railing, passing the tiny level crossing so passengers can leave the station
F40 #1029 continues pushing a Boston-bound train out of the station
F40 #1029 fades into the distance
Looking down the Outbound platform, that is offset and past the end of the Inbound platform
The simple Outbound platform with a low concrete retaining wall across from the empty in evening parking parking
Sign for Track 1 in the trees, and the former Outbound sign at Wellesley Hills covered-up
The wooden pedestrian crossing, the only way to access the not accessible outbound platform
Looking across to the stone station house
Looking down the Inbound track and a sign to listen for track changes
The Passenger Information Center and digital LED sign for track changes
Streetside of the historic station house
A bench and information sign plus a sign to listen and check for track changes
An older information panel (with a posted schedule), and sign to check your electronic device to see what track your train will be on
A bench on the normally Inbound platform
The crossing to the Outbound platform at the end of the Inbound platform with the sign saying there is a track boarding change
The ADA parking space at the end of the Inbound platform and the covered bike rack
The side of the historic station house turned cafe
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Last Updated: October 30, 2024
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