The Clipper City Rail Trail, running along the former right-of-way, connects the station to the town center.

[6] That December, the MBTA bought the B&M's commuter rail assets, including the Eastern Route up to the New Hampshire state line.

[7] After "one of the briefest abandonments on record", the line was rebuilt by the MBTA, and service to Newburyport and Rowley was reinstated on October 26, 1998.

However, at the city's insistence, the new station was located 1.0 mile (1.6 km) to the south, where parking and the layover yard could be easily built.

[8] As part of the $2.1 million restoration project, a brick waiting room was built west of the tracks, incorporating two arches from the Newburyport YMCA building, which had burned in 1987.