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Cleveland Circle station

Coordinates: 42°20′10.38″N 71°8′56.42″W / 42.3362167°N 71.1490056°W / 42.3362167; -71.1490056
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Cleveland Circle
An inbound train at Cleveland Circle in 2016
General information
LocationBeacon Street at Chestnut Hill Avenue
Brighton, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′10.38″N 71°8′56.42″W / 42.3362167°N 71.1490056°W / 42.3362167; -71.1490056
Owned byMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport MBTA Bus (at Reservoir): 51, 86
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1889
Passengers
20111,457 (daily average)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Terminus Green Line Englewood Avenue
toward Government Center

Cleveland Circle is a surface light rail station on the MBTA Green Line C branch, located in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, at Cleveland Circle. Cleveland Circle station is handicapped accessible, with raised platforms to accommodate low-floor trams.

History

PCC streetcars at Cleveland Circle in 1951

The Beacon Street line opened in 1889; most streetcars ran through Cleveland Circle to Lake Street, with some terminating at the Chestnut Hill Carhouse (renamed Reservoir Carhouse around 1900).

Around 1932 – likely in conjunction with the opening of Kenmore and the new portal to Beacon Street, the 61 Lake Street-Lechmere via Beacon Street route was cut back to Reservoir, at the Reservoir Carhouse. Around 1947, the terminus was redesignated Cleveland Circle after the adjacent traffic circle, to differentiate it from the nearby commuter rail station – which, twelve years later, would become a streetcar station itself. Although Cleveland Circle is no longer a traffic circle, the station retains its name.

In the early 2000s, the MBTA modified key surface stops with raised platforms for accessibility. Portable lifts were installed at Cleveland Circle around 2000 as a temporary measure.[2][3] The platform modifications - part of a $32 million modification of thirteen B, C, and E branch stations - were completed around 2003.[4][5] In May 2007, the MBTA opened a wooden "mini-high" ramp on the outbound side at Cleveland Circle. The platform allows wheelchair-using passengers to deboard from high-floor streetcars at the stop.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 1, 2001.
  4. ^ "Subway Service". Ridership and Service Statistics. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. October 2003. p. 2.19 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ "Planned Accessibility Projects - On Board the Green Line". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2004.
  6. ^ "Green Line Stations Upgraded to Improve Accessibility" (PDF). TRANSReport. Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization. June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

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