Magoun Square station

Magoun Square
Magoun Square station on first day of service, December 2022
General information
Location	Lowell Street at Vernon Street Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°23′37.40″N 71°6′23.73″W / 42.3937222°N 71.1065917°W / 42.3937222; -71.1065917
Line(s)	Medford Branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Construction
Bicycle facilities	36-space "Pedal and Park" bicycle cage 16 spaces on racks
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	December 12, 2022
Passengers
2030 (projected)	1,260 daily boardings[1]: 48
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Ball Square toward Medford/​Tufts Green Line E branch Gilman Square toward Heath Street
Former services (Somerville Junction station) Preceding station Boston and Maine Railroad Following station North Somerville toward Concord, NH Boston – Concord, NH Winter Hill toward Boston Somerville Highlands toward Lowell or Reformatory Lexington Branch Somerville Highlands toward Northampton Central Mass Branch
Location

Magoun Square station is a light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line located at Lowell Street south of Magoun Square in Somerville, Massachusetts. The accessible station has a single island platform serving the two tracks of the Medford Branch. It opened on December 12, 2022, as part of the Green Line Extension (GLX), which added two northern branches to the Green Line, and is served by the E branch.

The location was previously served by railroad stations. The Boston and Lowell Railroad (B&L) opened Taylor's Ledge station at Central Street by the early 1850s. It was rebuilt in 1854 and renamed Somerville Centre around that time. A cutoff from West Cambridge to Somerville Centre was built in 1870, and a new station building was constructed in 1872. It was renamed Somerville Junction in the 1890s, and rebuilt again in 1898. The station was served by the Boston and Maine Railroad, successor to the B&L, until the 1940s.

Extensions to the Green Line were proposed throughout the 20th century, most with Somerville Junction as one of the intermediate stations. A Lowell Street station to the northwest of the former station site was officially chosen for the GLX in 2008. Cost increases triggered a wholesale reevaluation of the GLX project in 2015. A scaled-down station design was released in 2016, with the station renamed Magoun Square. A design and construction contract was issued in 2017. Construction of Magoun Square station began in early 2020 and was largely completed by late 2021.