Newton Corner station
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Opened | c. 1834 (commuter rail) 1863 (streetcars) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | April 1959 (commuter rail)[1] June 21, 1969 (Green Line)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Newton Corner is an
History
Commuter rail
The
A village petition around 1870 resulted in the station being renamed as simply Newton.
The
Streetcars
The
The line begun running to
The
The
Bus service
Although no longer served by rail transport, Newton Corner remained a transfer point for bus routes. In 1967, the MBTA began operating express bus routes from Watertown Yard and Oak Square (later extended to Brighton Center) to downtown Boston. A Watertown–Copley Square express route was added in 1968; the three routes were renumbered 504, 501, and 502 in 1970. In 1972, the MBTA took over remaining M&B bus service, including six routes that terminated at Newton Corner. The Framingham–Newton Corner route was extended to Boston in 1974, but discontinued in 1981. In 1983, four routes running between Waltham points and Newton Corner were extended to Boston. These routes were renumbered into the 550 series in 1996, while the 300-series routes were renumbered in the 500s.[2]
When proposals to reactivate the A branch were considered in the 1970s and 1980s, a likely possibility was that the streetcars would only return as far as Oak Square, with trolleybuses filling the gap between Watertown and Oak Square. The City of Newton did not approve of overhead lines, however, and the proposals never came to fruition. However, a limited version of the proposal was considered wherein the
The combination of local routes (the 57 and the ex-M&B
On September 1, 2019, outbound route
References
- ^ ISBN 9780685412947.
- ^ a b c d e Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association. pp. 298–299. Page numbers are accurate to the April 21, 2018 version.
- ^ ISBN 0942147022.
- ^ ISBN 9780738537740– via Google Books.
- ^ Woodward, E.F.; Ward, W.F. (April 1848). "Map of the Town of Newton".
- ^ "First Ward Newton City". Atlas of Newton. J.B. Beers & Co. 1874 – via Ward Maps.
- ^ a b Hatch, Kathlyn; et al. (c. 1977). "Newton's 19th Century Architecture: Newton Corner and Nonantum". Newton Historical Commission and Newton Department of Planning and Development. p. 5. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Humphrey, Thomas (2020). "Origin and Development of the Fixed-Route Local Bus Transportation Network in the Cities and Towns of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority District" (PDF).
- ^ a b c d e f Moore, Scott. "The Watertown Line". NETransit. Archived from the original on February 3, 2002.
- ^ Safety on the "El": Presentation of the Boston Elevated Railway for the Anthony N. Brady Memorial Medals Award. Boston Elevated Railway. 1929. p. 35.
- ^ Central Transportation Planning Staff (January 2004). "Chapter 5C: System Expansion" (PDF). Program for Mass Transportation. Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ Alicia Wilson; Seth Asante & Efi Pagitsas (September 19, 2006). "Memorandum Re: I-90 Interchange 17 (Newton Corner): Traffic Patterns and Operational and Safety Improvements". City of Newton. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013.
- ^ "Changes to Bus Routes 501/502/503/504". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. September 1, 2019.
- ^ "MBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17" (Press release). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. March 16, 2020.
- ^ "Bus Schedule Changes for Summer 2020" (Press release). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. June 10, 2020.
- ^ "Fall 2020 Bus Service Changes" (Press release). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. August 2020.
- ^ "Revised Bus Network Fall 2022" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. November 3, 2022.
External links
- MBTA – Washington St @ Bacon St (north side); 400 Centre St - West and 400 Centre St - East (south side)
- Photo of 1984 Green Line fantrip at Newton Corner