Nantasket Junction (MBTA station)
NANTASKET JUNCTION | |||||||||||
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 Nantasket Junction station in November 2007 | |||||||||||
| Location |
190 Summer Street Hingham, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°14′42.72″N 70°52′11.28″W / 42.2452000°N 70.8698000°WCoordinates: 42°14′42.72″N 70°52′11.28″W / 42.2452000°N 70.8698000°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | MBTA | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | South Shore Railroad | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking |
495 spaces ($4.00 fee) 9 accessible spaces | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | October 31, 2007[1] | ||||||||||
| Closed | June 30, 1959 (previous station) | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Old Colony House | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2013) | 381 (weekday average boardings)[2] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Nantasket Junction is a commuter rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Greenbush Line, located off Chief Justice Cushing Highway east of downtown Hingham, Massachusetts. It consists of a single side platform serving the line's one track. The station is fully handicapped accessible.
History
The New Haven Railroad abandoned its remaining Old Colony Division lines on June 30, 1959, after the completion of the Southeast Expressway.[1] Nantasket Junction station (also known as Old Colony House) was located at Summer Street at the wye with the Nantasket Beach Railroad.[3]
The MBTA reopened the Greenbush Line on October 31, 2007, with Nantasket Junction station located at the former station site.[1] The parking lot is located on the land formerly inside the wye.
References
- 1 2 3 Belcher, Jonathan (December 30, 2016). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2016" (PDF). NETransit.
- ↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
- ↑ "Town on Hingham, Plymouth County". New Topographical Atlas of Surveys of Plymouth County, MA. 1903.
External links
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