Needham Junction (MBTA station)
NEEDHAM JUNCTION | |||||||||||
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 An outbound train at Needham Junction station | |||||||||||
| Location |
51 Junction Street Needham, MA 02492-2919 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°16′23″N 71°14′12″W / 42.2730°N 71.2366°WCoordinates: 42°16′23″N 71°14′12″W / 42.2730°N 71.2366°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Connections |
 MBTA Bus: 59 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking |
175 spaces ($4.00 fee) 4 accessible spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 6 spaces | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | November 4, 1906[1][2] | ||||||||||
| Closed | October 13, 1979 - October 19, 1987[3] | ||||||||||
| Previous names | West Street | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2013) | 400 (weekday inbound average)[4] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Needham Junction is a passenger rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Needham Line, located at 1 Junction Street in the southwestern part of Needham, Massachusetts.
History
Needham Junction is a wye between the Charles River Branch Railroad (built in 1861) and the New Haven Railroad's Needham Cutoff, which was built in 1906 to allow trains from the former New York and New England Railroad to reach Boston without needing to use the New York Central's Highland Branch. Needham Junction station opened with the cutoff on November 4, 1904; it is positioned east of the junction, so as to only serve trains running on the cutoff.[1] No station had previously been located in the area. The original station building is now an ice cream parlor; MBTA tickets are sold as well.[2]
The station was closed with the rest of the line from October 13, 1979 to October 19, 1987 during Southwest Corridor construction.[3] A mini-high platform was added during the closure, making Needham Junction fully handicapped accessible.
Bus connections
Needham Junction is served by one MBTA bus route:
- 59: Needham Junction - Watertown Square via Newtonville
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Humphrey, Thomas J. and Clark, Norton D. (1985). Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years. Boston Street Railway Association. p. 45. ISBN 9780685412947.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roy, John H. Jr. (2007). A Field Guide to Southern New England Railroad Depots and Freight Houses. Branch Line Press. p. 196. ISBN 9780942147087.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Belcher, Jonathan (22 March 2014). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.