It serves Revere Beach, a popular summer destination with a substantial year-round resident population.

It opened in January 1954 on the site of a former Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad station, as part of an extension to Wonderland.

The line ran directly adjacent to the beachfront, a popular summer destination, on the alignment of the modern Revere Beach Boulevard.

[9] It was very similar in design to Chatham station – which opened the same year – with a polygonal tower on the track side of the building.

[10] In April 1897, the BRB&L was moved inland onto the BW&S right-of-way, with Crescent Beach station relocated to the new alignment.