Arborway station
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Coordinates | 42°18′07″N 71°06′41″W / 42.3020°N 71.1114°W | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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Closed | December 28, 1985[1] | ||||||||||
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Arborway station was an
History
On December 12, 1895, the West End Street Railway opened its Forest Hills Yard with a 12-track carhouse on the east side of Washington Street, serving newly electrified streetcar lines. The Boston Elevated Railway (BERy), successor to the West End, opened a second carhouse on the site two years later.[2]: 34 In 1913, the BERy opened a ramp from the Washington Street Elevated into a small yard inside the complex. The ramp was disused after six months, and was removed in 1922.[2]: 34
On March 1, 1924, the BERy opened a streetcar transfer station inside the yard to relieve crowding at Forest Hills station.[3] The Jamaica Plain via South Huntington line was soon extended to Arborway, improving connections with the other lines.[4] The BERy replaced the older carhouses with a new six-track carhouse and a bus garage in 1924–25.[5][6] Buses gradually replaced streetcars; all of the Arborway-terminating lines except the South Huntington line (Arborway Line, later Green Line E branch) were converted to bus by 1956. In 1962, the MTA opened its headquarters building at 500 Arborway.[2]: 35
Arborway closed on December 28, 1985 when the line was "temporarily" suspended and ultimately closed.
The MBTA plans to construct a two-level garage on the eastern portion of the site where the largely-disused 500 Arborway building is located. It will expand the Arborway-based fleet from 118 CNG buses to 200 battery-electric buses. This will include 60-foot (18 m) buses to move routes
References
- ^ a b c Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
- ^ a b c d Heath, Richard (May 16, 2013). "A History of Forest Hills" (PDF). Jamaica Plain Historical Society.
- ^ Annual Report of the Public Trustees of the Boston Elevated Railway for the Year Ending December 31, 1924. Boston Elevated Railway. 1925. p. 9 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "West Roxbury District". Boston Globe. March 26, 1924. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "West Roxbury District". Boston Globe. December 16, 1924. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Annual Report of the Public Trustees of the Boston Elevated Railway for the Year Ending December 31, 1925. Boston Elevated Railway. 1926. p. 10 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ HNTB (March 12, 2012). "Casey Overpass Planning and Concept Design Study" (PDF). Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
- ^ "New Arborway Bus Maintenance Facility and MBTA Bus Electrification Project: 15% Design Public Meeting" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. June 22, 2023.
External links
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