talltim wrote:The 1931 built station in Lawrence (the one used until about 5 years ago) had an island platform between the two running tracks. Access seems to have been via a subway/underpass (not sure what you call them in the US) at the west end of the platform. http://goo.gl/maps/4u6pq" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Where was the other end of this subway? Thanks
There was an underpass from the waiting room under the tracks and up to the platform between the two main lines. Used it a lot when I took the train as a kid "a while back." There was also a station track directly adjacent to the station to hold trains terminating and originating at Lawrence, again, a long
time ago..
To access that track, passengers used a beautiful set of stairs--marble, as I recall. The stairway at the west end of the platform went down to Parker St., thus giving arriving passengers two options to get to the street. I imagine that the water spout was used to service the steam engines on the trains originating / terminating at Lawrence, but am not sure on that.