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Eliot station at night |
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| Address | Route 9 near corner of Woodward Street Newton, MA |
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Parking | 55 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | July 4, 1959 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
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Eliot is a surface-level rapid transit station located in Newton, Massachusetts on the Green Line "D" Branch of the MBTA. Like the other surface level stations on the "D" Branch, it opened on July 4, 1959. Transit time from Eliot to Park Street is 37 minutes.
Eliot serves the villages of Newton Upper Falls and the western side of Newton Highlands. The station is located on the north side of Route 9 (Boylston Street), accessible on both sides of the road via a footbridge.
Originally, the Waban stop was to have been named Eliot, and the Eliot stop was to have been named Waban, but the two names were switched accidentally when the first train schedules were printed, and it was easier to change the names of the stations than to print new schedules.