{{Short description|Transit station in Woburn, Massachusetts, US}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | name = Anderson RTC<!-- matches actual signage--> | style = MBTA | image = Anderson_Regional_Transportation_Center.jpg | image_caption = Anderson RTC in January&nbsp;2011 | address = 100 Atlantic Avenue | borough = Woburn, Massachusetts | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|42.5174|-71.144|region:US_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}} | owned = Massport | line = New Hampshire Main Line | platform = 1 island platform | tracks = 3 | connections = {{bus icon}} {{MBTA other buses|Anderson RTC intercity}} | parking = 880 spaces (Logan Express)<br />1,200 spaces (MBTA/Amtrak) | bicycle = No | accessible = Yes | code = {{Amtrak code|WOB}} | zone = 2 (MBTA) | opened = April 8, 2001 (bus)<ref name=april8 /><br />April 28, 2001 (rail)<ref name="netransit">{{NETransit}}</ref> | rebuilt = | mpassengers = {{Rail pass box |system=MBTA |passengers=677 daily boardings<ref name=CRcounts>{{MBTA Commuter Rail 2024 ridership}}</ref>|pass_year=2024}} {{Rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Woburn}} annually{{Amtrak ridership|citationMA}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}} | services = {{Adjacent stations |system1=Amtrak |line1=Downeaster|left1=Haverhill|right1=Boston North|to-left1=Brunswick|to-right1=Boston North |system2=MBTA |line2=Lowell|left2=Wilmington|right2=Mishawum }} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=MBTA|line1=Haverhill|left=Wilmington|to-left=Haverhill|right=Winchester Center|to-right=North Station|note-mid=limited service}} | other_services2_header = Former services (South Wilmington station) | other_services2_collapsible = yes | other_services2 = {{Adjacent stations|system2=Boston and Maine Railroad|line2=Boston-Concord|left2=Wilmington|right2=Mishawum}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 12 | mapframe-marker-color = #000 | mapframe-marker = rail }}

'''Anderson Regional Transportation Center (RTC)''' (noted on MBTA schedules and maps as '''Anderson/Woburn''', and on Amtrak schedules and maps as '''Woburn–Anderson''') is a train and bus station located at 100 Atlantic Avenue, off Commerce Way, in Woburn, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. It can be accessed from Exit&nbsp;30 off Interstate 93 or Exit 54 (Washington Street) from southbound Interstate 95/Route 128.

It opened on April 28, 2001, replacing nearby {{bts|Mishawum}} as Woburn's main Amtrak and MBTA station. It was named in memory of James R. "Jimmy" Anderson (1968–1981), whose death led to the Woburn Wells court case (''Anderson v. Cryovac'') chronicled in the book, and film, ''A Civil Action''.<ref>{{cite web |title= Anderson v. W.R. Grace|publisher= Seattle University School of Law|url= http://www.law.seattleu.edu/centers-and-institutes/films-for-justice-institute/lessons-from-woburn/about-the-case|access-date= 31 May 2015}}</ref>

==History== left|thumb|An outbound train at Anderson RTC. A station at South Wilmington was open until June 14, 1959.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71698391/the-boston-globe/ |title=Cities, Towns, Labor Officials Protest State O.K. of B&M Cutbacks |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=May 13, 1959 |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

The station and the surrounding commercial-industrial area was redeveloped from the Industri-Plex Superfund site.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.g-etg.com/id74.html |title=Review Recent Publications and Articles About the Industri-plex Project |publisher=Greenfield Environmental Trust Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070531075107/http://www.g-etg.com/id74.html |archive-date=2007-05-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.natdev.com/how-we-do-it/metronorth.htm |title=MetroNorth: Digging up the Region's Most Challenging Projects |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009075717/http://www.natdev.com/how-we-do-it/metronorth.htm |archive-date=2011-10-09}}</ref> The site is a former chemical and glue manufacturing facility. Industri-Plex was used for manufacturing chemicals such as lead-arsenic insecticides, acetic acid, and sulfuric acid for local textile, leather, and paper manufacturing industries from 1853 to 1931. Chemicals manufactured by other industries at the site include phenol, benzene, and toluene. Industri-Plex was also used to manufacture glue from raw animal hide and chrome-tanned hide wastes from 1934 to 1969. The by-products and residues from these industries caused the soils within the site to become contaminated with elevated levels of metals, such as arsenic, lead, and chrome.

During the 1970s, the site was redeveloped for industrial use. Excavations uncovered and mixed industrial by-products and wastes accumulated over 130 years. During this period, residues from animal hide wastes used in the manufacture of glue were relocated on-site from buried pits to piles near swampy areas on the property. Many of the animal hide piles and lagoons on-site were leaching toxic metals into the environment. In the 1980s, the site contained streams and ponds, a warehouse and office buildings, remnant manufacturing buildings, and hide waste deposits buried on the site.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://yosemite.epa.gov/r1/npl_pad.nsf/f52fa5c31fa8f5c885256adc0050b631/1E8F7D6FFCD9B61B85256A0F00067136?OpenDocument |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050920205022/http://yosemite.epa.gov/r1/npl_pad.nsf/f52fa5c31fa8f5c885256adc0050b631/1E8F7D6FFCD9B61B85256A0F00067136?OpenDocument |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 20, 2005 |title= Waste Site Cleanup & Reuse in New England: Industri-Plex |publisher=Environmental Protection Agency}}</ref> The site was cleaned up using the capping technique, in which an impermeable layer seals the top of the hazardous waste site, preventing further pollution.

The station was originally to be called MetroNorth Center after the surrounding development.<ref name=centerpiece>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39002850/the_boston_globe/ |title=Haverhill sees train station as downtown 'centerpiece' |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=January 4, 1998 |first=Caroline Louise |last=Cole |page=68 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> A groundbreaking ceremony for the station was held in April 2000.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38983765/the_boston_globe/ |title=Ground covered, then broken, for Woburn transportation center |date=April 24, 2000 |first=Thomas C. Jr. |last=Palmer |newspaper=Boston Globe |page=22 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Logan Express service moved from Mishawum to Anderson RTC on April 8, 2001, three weeks ahead of rail service.<ref name=april8>{{cite press release |url=https://www.massport.com/news-room/news/woburn-logan-express-service-moves-to-new-anderson-regional-transportation-center/ |title=Woburn Logan Express Service Moves To New Anderson Regional Transportation Center |date=April 3, 2001 |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority}}</ref> The move doubled Logan Express parking available in Woburn from 450 spaces to 900.<ref>{{cite news |title=A sign of success for Logan Express – full parking lots |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=March 19, 2001 |page=B3 |first=Thomas C. Jr. |last=Palmer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102378113/the-boston-globe/ |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Rail service began on April 28.<ref name="netransit" /> In October 2006, the MBTA added four short turn round trips that terminated at Anderson RTC.<ref name=stillplenty>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44816524/the_boston_globe/ |title=Still plenty of parking at the Anderson lot in Woburn |newspaper=Boston Globe |page=B3 |date=March 4, 2012 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> By 2012, the parking lot was still underused.<ref name=stillplenty />

Until December 2020, a small number of Haverhill Line trains ran via the Wildcat Branch and the inner Lowell Line, making stops including Anderson/Woburn.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/route_pdfs/2020-fall/2020-11-02-cr-lowell-accessible.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130015122/https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/route_pdfs/2020-fall/2020-11-02-cr-lowell-accessible.pdf |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |title=Lowell Line: Fall/Winter Schedule |date=November 2, 2020 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/route_pdfs/2021-winter/2020-2021-cr-lowell-reduced-accessible.pdf |title=2020/2021 Reduced Service Schedule: Lowell Line |date=December 14, 2020 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}}</ref> This routing was resumed in April 2021, with the trains no longer making the intermediate stops.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/route_pdfs/2021-spring/2021-04-05-spring-haverhill-accessible.pdf |title=Haverhill Line 2021 Spring Schedule |date=April 5, 2021 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405122058/https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/route_pdfs/2021-spring/2021-04-05-spring-haverhill-accessible.pdf |archive-date=April 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/route_pdfs/2021-spring/2021-04-05-spring-lowell-accessible.pdf |title=Lowell Line 2021 Spring Schedule |date=April 5, 2021 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423161734/https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/route_pdfs/2021-spring/2021-04-05-spring-lowell-accessible.pdf |archive-date=April 23, 2021}}</ref> From September 9 to November 5, 2023, all outer Haverhill Line service was routed over the Wildcat Branch during signal work on the inner part of the Haverhill Line. The diverted trains stopped at Anderson/Woburn, with connecting shuttle buses operating to {{bts|Reading}}.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.mbta.com/news/2023-08-10/service-disruption-september-9-november-5-haverhill-commuter-rail-line |title=Service Disruption September 9 to November 5 on Haverhill Commuter Rail Line |date=August 10, 2023 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}}</ref> Beginning May 20, 2024, weekday midday inbound Haverhill Line trains were again temporarily routed over the Wildcat Branch during construction work, again stopping only at Anderson/Woburn.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/media/route_pdfs/batch_7022/2024-05-20-cr-spring-summer-haverhill-line-schedule-accessible.pdf |date=May 20, 2024 |title=Haverhill Line Spring/Summer Schedule |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521000654/https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/media/route_pdfs/batch_7022/2024-05-20-cr-spring-summer-haverhill-line-schedule-accessible.pdf |archive-date=May 21, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.mbta.com/news/2024-05-20/june-service-changes-mbta-continues-repair-work-improve-reliability-across-the |title=June Service Changes: MBTA Continues Repair Work to Improve Reliability Across the System |date=May 20, 2024 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}}</ref>

In June 2022, the MBTA indicated it was considering improvements to a siding in Woburn, which would allow 30-minute headways between Boston and Anderson/Woburn by 2024.<ref name=june2022>{{cite web |url=https://mbta.com/sites/default/files/2022-06/10.%20Rail%20Transformation%20Technology%20Board%20Update%20v2.pdf |title=Regional Rail Transformation Update: Traction Power Planning for Regional and Urban Rail Services |first=Alistar |last=Sawers |date=June 23, 2022 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |page=17}}</ref> In December 2025, a joint venture of MassDOT, Massport, and the MBTA released a request for proposals for mixed-use transit-oriented development at the station.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.mbta.com/news/2025-12-01/multi-agency-jv-releases-rfp-transportation-center-woburn-seeks-developer-mixed-use |title=Multi-Agency JV Releases RFP for Transportation Center in Woburn, Seeks Developer for Mixed-use TOD Project |date=December 1, 2025 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}}</ref> {{clear left}}

==Connections== thumb|left|A Logan Express bus leaving the station in 2015 Massport operates Logan Express bus service from the station directly to Logan Airport terminals, with service on hourly or half-hourly headways except late at night.

Several other connecting services have previously been run. Beginning in June 2005, the Route 128 Business Council ran a "Metro North Shuttle" from the station to Lahey Hospital & Medical Center and a business center in Woburn. The service was discontinued in July 2006 due to poor ridership and a loss of state funding.<ref name=netransit /> In November 2006, the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport began a shuttle service between the airport and Anderson station, free to ticketed airline passengers. The shuttle, part of a strategy to expand Manchester's visibility as a less crowded alternative to Logan Airport, was replaced with a non-free private shuttle to downtown Boston at the end of June 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flymanchester.com/transportation/shuttle_service.php |title=Manchester Shuttle |publisher=Manchester-Boston Regional Airport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607142200/http://www.flymanchester.com/transportation/shuttle_service.php |archive-date=2008-06-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716050643/http://www.flymanchester.com/about/news.php?id=47 |archive-date=July 16, 2008 |url=http://www.flymanchester.com/about/news.php?id=47 |title=Manchester Shuttle Pilot Program Proves Successful! Private Ground Transportation Company to Offer High Frequency, Affordable Service to Northern Massachusetts and Boston |publisher=Manchester-Boston Regional Airport |date=June 18, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

There are separate parking lots for overnight parking and for commuter rail (day-only) parking. The overnight lot is intended for airport and Amtrak customers and is more expensive. The Massport lot has 875 spaces and the MBTA lot has 1,500 spaces. {{clear left}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} {{Amtrak web|WOB|Woburn, MA}} *[https://www.mbta.com/stops/place-NHRML-0127 Anderson/Woburn – MBTA] *[https://woburnma.gov/government/engineering/proposed-municipal-projects/pedestrian-bridge/ City of Woburn – Anderson RTC/New Boston Street Pedestrian Bridge]

{{Amtrak Massachusetts stations}} {{Woburn, Massachusetts|state=collapsed}}

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