Brookline Hills (MBTA station)
BROOKLINE HILLS | |||||||||||
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 Brookline Hills station, looking inbound | |||||||||||
| Location |
Cypress and Tappan Streets Brookline, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°19′53″N 71°7′36″W / 42.33139°N 71.12667°WCoordinates: 42°19′53″N 71°7′36″W / 42.33139°N 71.12667°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | MBTA | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 6 spaces | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 4, 1959[1] | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2013) | 1,225 (daily average)[2] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Brookline Hills is a light rail station on the "D" branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line located in Brookline, Massachusetts. The station is located near Brookline High School and the intersection of Cypress and Tappan Streets. It consists of two side platforms at grade level, serving the two tracks of the line.
Station layout
| G Street/ Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Outbound | ← "D" Branch toward Riverside (Beaconsfield) | |
| Inbound | → "D" Branch toward Government Center (Brookline Village) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
History
The original Brookline Hills station opened in 1852 on the Highland Branch, which at the time was a conventional commuter rail line. After 1886, loop service was run via what is now the Framingham/Worcester Line and later the Needham Line. In 1892, a new station designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge was opened.[3] The final trains on the line ran on May 31, 1958. The line was converted to light rail by the M.T.A. and Brookline Hills reopened on July 4, 1959, along with the rest of the "D" branch.[1] The 1892 depot is no longer extant.
Bus connections
One MBTA Bus route serves the station:
- 60 Chestnut Hill - Kenmore Station via Brookline Village & Cypress Street
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Belcher, Jonathan (23 April 2012). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ↑ Morgan, Keith N., Cushing, Elizabeth Hope, and Reed, Roger (2009). "Appendix VI: The Brookline projects of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge" (PDF). Community by Design: The Role of the Frederick Law Olmsted Office in the Suburbanization of Brookline, Massachusetts, 1880 to 1936. Boston University. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
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