Waban station

This article is about the transit station. For other uses, see Waban (disambiguation).

WABAN
Waban station in September 2015
General information
Location	Beacon Street at Waban Square Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°19′33″N 71°13′50″W
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Green Line "D" branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	74 spaces ($6.00 fee)
Bicycle facilities	12 spaces
History
Opened	July 4, 1959
Passengers
2011 daily	545
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Template:MBTA stations toward Template:MBTA stations Template:MBTA lines D Template:MBTA stations toward Template:MBTA stations
Former services Preceding station   NYC   Following station Template:NYC stations toward Template:NYC stations Template:NYC lines Template:NYC stations toward Template:NYC stations

Waban is a surface-level light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Green Line "D" Branch, located just south of Beacon Street at Waban Square in the Waban section of Newton, Massachusetts. The station is located below grade; access to both platforms is via Wyman Street on the outbound side of the tracks or a stairway from Beacon Street. Waban is not handicapped accessible, as the platforms have not been raised to interface with low-floor trams.

Station layout

G Street/ Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Outbound	← "D" Branch toward Riverside (Woodland)
	Inbound	→ "D" Branch toward Government Center (Eliot) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

History

Waban station on a 1907 postcard

Waban formerly boasted an H.H. Richardson-designed train station, like those still standing in Newton Highlands and Newton Center. The original station was completed in August 1886 as part of the Boston and Albany Railroad's Highland Branch and was one of the last stations designed by Richardson before his death in April 1886.

Waban closed along with the rest of the Highland Branch commuter rail line in 1958 and reopened on July 4, 1959 as part of the light rail D Branch. The H.H. Richardson station was demolished in order to build a 74-space parking lot.

The station has two MBTA ticket machines for reloading stored-value CharlieCards and buying CharlieTickets, as well one fare validation machine. All three are enclosed in a heated passenger shed near the center of the inbound platform.

On 28 May 2008, two westbound Green Line trains collided between Waban and Woodland, killing one person.

External links

• MBTA - Waban
• Beacon Street entrance from Google Maps Street View