Brookline Hills station
Brookline Hills | |||||||||||||
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 An outbound train at Brookline Hills station in April 2016 | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Tappan Street at Cypress Street Brookline, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°19′53″N 71°7′36″W / 42.33139°N 71.12667°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | MBTA | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Highland branch | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  MBTA Bus: 60 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 9 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 6 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 4, 1959[1] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | 1,225 (daily average)[2] | ||||||||||||
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Brookline Hills is an MBTA light rail station in Brookline, Massachusetts. It serves the Green Line D branch. It is located west of Cypress Street in the Brookline Hills neighborhood. The station has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks.
History
The original Brookline Hills station opened in 1852 on the Highland branch, which at the time was a conventional commuter rail line. After 1886, loop service was run via what is now the Framingham/Worcester Line and later the Needham Line. In March 1892, a new station designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge was opened.[3][4]
The final trains on the line ran on May 31, 1958. The line was converted to light rail by the M.T.A. and Brookline Hills reopened on July 4, 1959, along with the rest of the D branch.[1] The 1892 depot is no longer extant.
Accessibility
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In the early 2000s, the MBTA modified key surface stops with raised platforms for accessibility. Brookline Hills was not among those initially outfitted with portable lifts, nor was it retrofitted with raised platforms.[5][6] However, portable lifts were installed by 2003.[7] Wooden "mini-high" ramps for accessing older high-floor LRVs were added around 2006.[8]
The station will be renovated with fully accessible platforms as part of an expansion of Brookline High School, which includes a new school building partially over the eastern end of the platforms.[9] Construction is expected to last from late 2019 to mid-2021.[10]
References
- ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
- ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
- ^ Morgan, Keith N.; Cushing, Elizabeth Hope; Reed, Roger (2009). "Appendix VI: The Brookline projects of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge" (PDF). Community by Design: The Role of the Frederick Law Olmsted Office in the Suburbanization of Brookline, Massachusetts, 1880 to 1936. Boston University. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl (June 1988). "Architecture for the Boston & Albany Railroad: 1881-1894". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 47 (2): 130. doi:10.2307/990324. JSTOR 990324.
- ^ "Executive Summary" (PDF). Program of Mass Transportation. Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization. January 2004. p. 2-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2012.
- ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 1, 2001.
- ^ "Subway Service". Ridership and Service Statistics. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. October 2003. p. 2.19 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Green Line Stations Upgraded to Improve Accessibility" (PDF). TRANSReport. Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization. June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2011.
- ^ "BHS EXPANSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING" (PDF). Town of Brookline. April 22, 2019.
- ^ Brelsford, Laura (June 5, 2019). "SWA Initiatives—June 2019" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. p. 2.
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