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A Commuter Rail train trundles past the outbound platform of the Lynn Interim Station, which is set to open on Dec. 18. (Spenser Hasak) Purchase this photo

MBTA Commuter Rail service to Lynn station resumes Monday

James Jennings

December 15, 2023 by James Jennings

Commuter Rail service is returning to Lynn.

The Lynn MBTA Commuter Rail station’s temporary platform will open Monday morning. 

When the opening was announced last month, Mayor Jared Nicholson welcomed the news.

“This platform will provide the necessary transportation our residents deserve, and it couldn’t have happened without the collaboration of the city, state delegation, and the Healey-Driscoll administration,” he said. “I sincerely appreciate the MBTA’s response to our advocacy to accelerate the construction of this station.”

Signs at the corner of Silsbee and Friend streets direct people to the inbound and outbound platforms of the interim Lynn Commuter Rail Station.

The temporary inbound platform is located on Ellis Street, while the temporary outbound platform is located on Friend Street.

The station’s parking garage will also be open.

“The parking garage will continue to be available when the temporary platform opens,” MBTA spokesperson Lisa Battiston said Thursday. “There will be no changes to current parking availability at the garage.”

The station is listed as Lynn Interim on the MBTA website.

The first inbound train is scheduled to be in Lynn at 5:29 a.m., with service running about every half-hour throughout the day. Outbound trains from North Station also will run about every half-hour.

The station has been shut down since Oct. 1, 2022 for a $72 million renovation project. The entire renovation is currently expected to be completed in 2030.

During the shutdown, commuters could use existing bus routes, take a shuttle bus from the Lynn station to the Swampscott Commuter Rail station, or take a ferry between Lynn’s Blossom Street Pier and Boston’s Long Wharf. The ferry service ended on Oct. 31.

The temporary platform is opening nine months ahead of schedule.

In September, The Item reported that an MBTA project update listed that the temporary platform was expected to open in March 2024 instead of September 2024, as previously estimated.

However, in October, the MBTA announced that the temporary platform would open in December.

  • James Jennings
    James Jennings

    James Jennings is The Daily Item's Lynn reporter. A native Vermonter, his more than 20 years in newspaper journalism have brought him to Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas and Iowa before bringing him home to New England in 2023. He has covered everything from presidential debates to 4-H livestock shows and even three Super Bowls.

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