Boston Landing | |||||||||||
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 Boston Landing station and New Balance headquarters in 2018 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Everett Street at Guest Street Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°21′26″N 71°08′21″W / 42.3572°N 71.1393°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Worcester Main Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3[1][2] | ||||||||||
| Connections |  MBTA bus: 64 | ||||||||||
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| Bicycle facilities | Bicycle racks; Blue Bikes bikeshare station | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1A | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | May 22, 2017 | ||||||||||
| Closed | April 1959 (former stations)[3] | ||||||||||
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| 2018 | 600 (weekday average boardings)[4] | ||||||||||
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Boston Landing station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It serves the Framingham/Worcester Line. It is located in the Brighton neighborhood just west of the Everett Street bridge, next to the Massachusetts Turnpike.[5] It serves the Allston-Brighton area as well as the Boston Landing development including Warrior Ice Arena. The station is fully accessible, with a single full-length high-level island platform. Elevators and stairs lead to Arthur Street and to the Everett Street bridge.
The station, which was officially announced on June 7, 2012, is the result of discussions dating back to 1998. It was then projected to cost $16 million and to serve as many as 2400 daily riders by 2030.[1][5] It is an infill station, since commuter rail trains passed frequently on existing tracks through the site. In November 2012, New Balance announced their intention to open the station in 2014.[6] However, in May 2014, the expected opening was pushed back to the fall of 2016. The new station is being financed by New Balance under a public-private partnership agreement.[2] Prior to a May 2013 renaming, the proposed station project was known as New Brighton Landing.
A groundbreaking ceremony for the $20 million station was held on May 12, 2015.[7] The station opened on May 22, 2017.[8] Boston Landing station is fully accessible, with elevators on the pedestrian bridge to Arthur Street and another elevator to the Everett Street bridge.
- ^ a b "Allston Multimodal Station Study" (PDF). Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation. June 15, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 9, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ a b Powers, Martine (May 30, 2014). "Brighton rail station opening pushed back to 2016". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
150yearswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
- ^ a b Rocheleau, Matt (June 7, 2012). "Commuter rail stop to be built in Allston-Brighton near proposed New Balance development". Boston Globe. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
- ^ Rocheleau, Matt (November 9, 2012). "New Balance aims to open commuter rail station in 2014". Boston Globe. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
- ^ Dungca, Nicole (May 12, 2015). "New Balance and MBTA Break Ground on New Alston-Brighton Commuter Rail Station". Boston Globe. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ^ "Spring Commuter Rail schedules will go into effect on Monday, May 22, 2017" (Press release). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. April 12, 2017.
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