Boston College (MBTA station)

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Boston College
Boston College MBTA station, Brighton MA.jpg
View of the station
Data
Platform tracks 2 (2 side platforms )
opening 1909, 2009 (after renovation)
location
City / municipality Boston
State Massachusetts
Country United States
Coordinates 42 ° 20 '24 "  N , 71 ° 10' 1"  W Coordinates: 42 ° 20 '24 "  N , 71 ° 10' 1"  W.
Railway lines

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Boston College is the name of an above-ground station of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) on the campus of the eponymous Boston College in the Boston district of Brighton in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . It is the western terminus of Branch " B " (also "Boston College Line") of the Green Line and has a small depot .

history

The station was opened under the name Lake Street and initially served from 1909 to 1930 as a station for the Middlesex and Boston Street Railway . The former route can still be seen today through the grass verge in the middle of Commonwealth Avenue . As part of the establishment of the Boston College campus, the station was also renamed Boston College on May 21, 1947 by the Boston Elevated Railway .

In 2007, Boston College published a 10-year master plan that includes moving the station to the median of Commonwealth Avenue . The college agreed to support the project financially and also to provide the necessary land.

As part of an interim solution, the platforms were renewed in 2009 for 296,000 US dollars , but plans to relocate the station remained - at a projected cost of 20 million US dollars. A major advantage of the new location is seen in the fact that the vehicles of the Green Line no longer have to cross Commonwealth Avenue in daily operation , which means that road traffic is expected to be reduced by 89%. However, a crossing is still required to get to the depot.

Railway systems

Track, signal and security systems

The station has two tracks that are accessible via two side platforms .

building

The station is located at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Lake Street directly on the campus of Boston College . Since the station does not have raised platforms, only vehicles with low-floor technology can be used without barriers .

environment

There is no connection to the MBTA bus lines at the station.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bradley H. Clarke: Streetcar Lines of the Hub . the 1940s heyday of electric transit in Boston. Ed .: Boston Street Railway Association, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (=  Bulletin (Boston Street Railway Association) . No. 23 ). 1st edition. Boston Street Railway Association, Boston 2003, ISBN 978-0-938315-05-6 .
  2. ↑ Chapter 9. (PDF; 662 kB) Transportation and Parking. Boston College, June 20, 2008; accessed April 11, 2013 .
  3. ^ Matt Rocheleau: MBTA to hold meeting on $ 20m project to rebuild Boston College Station. In: The Boston Globe . September 28, 2012, accessed April 11, 2013 .
  4. ^ Green Line - Boston College Station. (No longer available online.) Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , archived from the original July 19, 2017 ; accessed on April 11, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mbta.com

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