Woodland station
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Location | 1940 Washington Street Newton, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°19′59″N 71°14′37″W / 42.33306°N 71.24361°W | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Highland branch | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Connections | MWRTA: 1 | ||||||||||||
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Parking | 548 spaces ($6.00 fee) | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 16 spaces | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | September 1886[1] July 4, 1959[2] | ||||||||||||
Closed | May 31, 1958[3] | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | March 2006[4] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2011 | 957 (weekday average boardings)[5] | ||||||||||||
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Woodland station is a
Woodland station was originally opened in 1886 by the Boston and Albany Railroad. The line closed in 1958 for conversion to light rail, and a new Woodland station slightly to the east in 1959. In 2006, the station was rebuilt for accessibility and a parking garage built as part of an adjacent transit-oriented development.
History
Commuter station
The
The B&A commissioned buildings from
Conversion to streetcar service
In June 1957, the Massachusetts Legislature approved the purchase of the branch by the M.T.A. from the nearly-bankrupt New York Central Railroad for conversion to a streetcar line. Service ended on May 31, 1958.[3] The line was quickly converted for trolley service, with bare platforms and small shelters at each station. The new Woodland station was built somewhat to the east of the original station, as the latter was surrounded by a golf course with no room for a parking lot. Because of this, the station building was not torn down like most on the line were. The branch reopened with trolley service on July 4, 1959.[2] The M.T.A. was folded into the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in August 1964.[2]
Woodland is one of only four of Richardson's B&A stations, and the only one of his Newton Circuit stations, to survive past the 1960s.[1] It was added to the Newton Railroad Stations Historic District in 1976, but has fallen into disrepair. It sits on the grounds of the Woodland Golf Club, which uses it as a storage space.[7]
In October 1997, Woodland was identified as a possible site for a parking garage to replace its 450-space surface lot.
References
- ^ JSTOR 990324.
- ^ a b c Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
- ^ ISBN 9780685412947.
- ^ a b "MPO Agency Notes" (PDF). TRANSreport. Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization. April 2006 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
- ISBN 0942147022.
- ISBN 9780942147087.
- ^ "INDEPENDENT STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT ON CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY: JULY 1, 1996 TO JULY 31, 2001" (PDF). Auditor of the Commonwealth. April 3, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 8, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- ^ "Arborpoint at Woodland Station | Newton, MA" (PDF). TRA Brokerage. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ Palmer, Thomas C. Jr. (April 27, 2006). "Firm starts 2d housing project tied to transit: Luxury apartments being built adjacent to Newton T station". Boston Globe.
- ^ "National Development opens Arborpoint at Woodland Station" (Press release). New England Real Estate Journal. November 8, 2007.
External links
Media related to Woodland station at Wikimedia Commons