Packards Corner station
Packards Corner | ||||||||||||||||||
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 An inbound train at Packards Corner station in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Commonwealth Avenue at Brighton Avenue Allston, Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°21′7.51″N 71°7′29″W / 42.3520861°N 71.12472°W | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | MBTA | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  MBTA Bus: 57, 57A, 193 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2011 | 2,654 (weekday average boardings)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Packards Corner (announced as Brighton Avenue/Packards Corner) is a station on the MBTA's Green Line B branch located at Packard's Corner - the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Brighton Avenue - in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. The station is located in a median between the westbound travel lanes and frontage road of Commonwealth Avenue.
History
The Green Line A branch formerly diverged just north of the platforms; its trolleys stopped at separate Packards Corner platforms on Brighton Avenue. The Brighton Avenue streetcar reservation was removed from July 1 to October 5, 1949, and the side platforms for the Watertown Line were replaced with an island platform.[2] The A branch was closed on June 21, 1969 and replaced with the route 57 bus, though the trackage was retained for non-revenue moves to Watertown Yard.[3] The line was finally abandoned in 1994; a several-hundred-foot stub track was left until the mid-2000s to temporarily store disabled trains. The switch and the last few feet of track were not disconnected until track work in 2014.
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Watertown Line (future A branch) platforms in 1948 -
A Boston College-bound (future "B" Branch) train at Packards Corner in 1965 -
Former A branch turnout switch in 2011
References
- ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
- ^ Clarke, Bradley H. (2003). Streetcar Lines of the Hub - The 1940s. Boston Street Railway Association. p. 110. ISBN 0938315056.
- ^ Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
External links
Media related to Packards Corner station at Wikimedia Commons
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