Wedgemere (MBTA station)
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Wedgemere is a passenger rail station on MBTA Commuter Rail
's Lowell Line
. Wedgemere and the following station, Winchester Center, are, according to town legend, two of the closest-together railway stations in the world. The two stations are about 2500 feet apart. With the closure of the Bay Meadows Caltrain
Station in San Mateo, California
, which had been about as close or closer to the Hillsdale Station, this may be true.
MBTA Commuter Rail
The MBTA Commuter Rail serves as the regional rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, in the United States. It is operated under contract by the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company a joint partnership of Veolia Transportation, Bombardier Transportation and Alternate...
's Lowell Line
Lowell Line
The Lowell Line is a railroad line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running north from Boston to Lowell, Massachusetts. Originally built as the Boston and Lowell Railroad, and later operated as part of the Boston and Maine Railroad's Southern Division, the line was one of the first railroads in...
. Wedgemere and the following station, Winchester Center, are, according to town legend, two of the closest-together railway stations in the world. The two stations are about 2500 feet apart. With the closure of the Bay Meadows Caltrain
Caltrain
Caltrain is a California commuter rail line on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the Santa Clara Valley in the United States. The northern terminus of the rail line is in San Francisco, at 4th and King streets; its southern terminus is in Gilroy...
Station in San Mateo, California
San Mateo, California
San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of approximately 100,000 , it is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the east, Belmont to the south,...
, which had been about as close or closer to the Hillsdale Station, this may be true.