Infill station
An infill station (sometimes in-fill station) is a train station built on an existing passenger rail, rapid transit, or light rail line to address demand in a location between existing stations. Such stations take advantage of existing train service and encourage new riders by providing a more convenient location. Many older transit systems have widely spaced stations and can benefit from infill stations.[1] In some cases, new infill station are built at sites where a station had once existed many years ago, for example the Cermak–McCormick Place station on the Chicago Green Line.
Recent infill stations
Canada
Japan
- Chiba
- Osaka
- Hiroshima
South Korea
- Korail
- Imae Station, 2004
- Yongdu Station, 2005
- Dongmyo Station, 2005
- Jukjeon Station, 2007
- Dangjeong Station, 2010
- Gangmae Station, 2014
- Wonheung Station, 2014
- Darwol Station, 2014
United Kingdom
- London
- Pudding Mill Lane DLR station, 1996
- Langdon Park DLR station, 2007
- Wood Lane tube station, 2008
- Surrey Canal Road station, proposed
- Liverpool
- Newcastle
United States
- Greater Boston
- Science Park (MBTA station), 1955, rebuilt 2011
- Assembly (MBTA station), 2014
- Yawkey (MBTA station), 1988, rebuilt 2014
- Fairmount Line
- Talbot Ave, 2012
- Newmarket and Four Corners/Geneva, 2013[2][3]
- Blue Hill Avenue, planned 2017
- Boston Landing (MBTA station), planned 2016
- West Station, planned 2020
- Washington metropolitan area
- NoMa–Gallaudet U station, 2004
- Potomac Yard station, planned 2020
- Wolf Trap station, planned
- Potomac Shores, Virginia Railway Express, under construction[4]
- San Francisco Bay Area
- San Diego
- Bayfront/E Street station, 1986
- America Plaza station, 1991
- Fenton Parkway station, 2000
- Chicago
- Morgan (CTA station) 2012
- Oakton–Skokie station, 2012
- Cermak–McCormick Place station, 2015
- Greater Salt Lake City
- 900 South (UTA station), 2005
- Sandy Expo (UTA station), 2006
- St. Louis
- East Riverfront station, 1994
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- 10th Avenue (IRT Flushing Line), planned
References
- ^ Freemark, Yonah (2008-09-08). "With Infill Stations, Older Transit Agencies Extend Their Reach". Destination:Freedom. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
The advantages of infill stations result from the fact that people are simply more likely to use transit when they're closer to it — and from the fact that the older transit systems in many cities have widely spaced stations that are under-serving potentially significant markets.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Rocheleau, Matt (12 November 2012). "MBTA opens new commuter rail station at Talbot Avenue in Dorchester on Fairmount Line". Boston Globe. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ Rocheleau, Matt (25 June 2013). "Commuter rail gives Fairmount a boost". Boston Globe. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
- ^ VRE infill station launches a new idea: transit-oriented sprawl, Dan Malouff, Greater Greater Washington, August 5, 2014