| NEWTON CENTER | |||||||||||
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Union Street from Newton Center Station |
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| Address | Langley Road Newton Centre, Massachusetts |
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Green Line "D" branch
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1852 | ||||||||||
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| Owned by | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
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Newton Center is a surface-level streetcar station located in Newton Centre, Massachusetts on the Green Line "D" Branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Like the other surface level stations on the "D" Branch, it opened on July 4, 1959.
The first station at this site opened in 1852 on Langley Road as a part of the Charles River Railroad.[1] The 1880s Boston and Albany Railroad depot building was designed by H. H. Richardson in 1886, the year of his death, and was finished by Richardson’s successor firm of Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge.
The interior of the building used to house a Starbucks coffee shop containing a sign that indicated when a Boston-bound train arrived. However, the coffeehouse was closed in the fall of 2008 as part of Starbucks' restructuring campaign due to the economic recession.[2] The station is being renovated to house the Deluxe Station Diner, a satellite restaurant of the Deluxe Town Diner in Coolidge Square, Watertown, Massachusetts.[3]
The City of Newton spells the name of the village as "Newton Centre", in the English manner, while the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority spells its station "Newton Center" in the American manner.