In August 1873, the subsidiary Middlesex Central Railroad opened an extension to Concord Center via Bedford.

[2] In 1885, the Boston & Lowell rebuilt the route to Billerica as part of their standard gauge network.

[2] A wye with an engine house in the center was built just west of the station around this time to turn trains.

[6] After lawsuits, the MBTA agreed to help construct the Minuteman Bike Path from Alewife to Bedford in exchange for being released from requirements to restore service.

The trail was to be constructed so as not to preclude future restoration, nor an extension of the MBTA Red Line along the corridor.

The $125,000 project, funded by the town and done under the watch of a former B&M worker, restored the car to its original specifications but not to running condition.