Gilman Square (MBTA station)

GILMAN SQUARE

Construction at Gilman Square station site in July 2015
Location Medford Street at Pearl Street
Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°23′16.00″N 71°5′47.21″W / 42.3877778°N 71.0964472°W / 42.3877778; -71.0964472Coordinates: 42°23′16.00″N 71°5′47.21″W / 42.3877778°N 71.0964472°W / 42.3877778; -71.0964472
Owned by MBTA
Line(s)
  Green Line– "D" Branch
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Parking No
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 2020 (planned)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
toward Riverside
Green Line

Gilman Square is a planned station on the MBTA Green Line "D" Branch in Somerville, Massachusetts, planned to be constructed as part of the Green Line Extension.[1][2] Gilman Square will consist of one island platform, which will serve the "D" Branch's two tracks.

1908 postcard of Winter Hill station, located at Gilman Square. Local Lowell Line stations in Somerville were closed in the early 1900s due to competition from streetcars.

As of December 2013, the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) indicated that the Gilman Square station is expected to be completed by early 2019, as part of the Phase 3 of the Green Line Extension project. Elsewhere in Somerville, the Ball Square and Lowell Street stations are currently projected to open that year as well. However, As of December 2015, the future of the project is in doubt due to a substantial increase in costs; it will likely be further delayed or cancelled.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "MBTA Light Rail Transit System OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PLAN" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Travel Forecasts: Systemwide Stats and SUMMIT Results" (PDF). Green Line Extension Project: FY 2012 New Starts Submittal. Massachusetts Department of Transportation. January 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Vaccaro, Adam (14 December 2015). "Transit officials won’t commit additional state money to Green Line extension". Boston Globe. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

External links

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