Auburndale station (MBTA)

Not to be confused with Auburndale station (LIRR).
Auburndale
An outbound train stopped at Auburndale in May 2012
General information
Location477 Lexington Street
Auburndale, Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′45″N 71°15′01″W / 42.3458°N 71.2503°W / 42.3458; -71.2503
Line(s)Worcester Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Parking35 spaces ($4.00 daily)
Bicycle facilitiesRacks available
Other information
Fare zone2
History
OpenedEarly 1850s[1]
Rebuilt1881, 1961
Passengers
2018248 (weekday average boardings)[2]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Wellesley Farms
toward Worcester
 Framingham/​Worcester Line West Newton
toward South Station
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Riverside
toward Albany
 Boston and Albany Railroad
Main Line
 West Newton
toward Boston
Location
Map

Auburndale station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Auburndale, Massachusetts. It serves the Framingham/Worcester Line. It is located next to the Massachusetts Turnpike near Lasell College. The modern station platform, built around 1961, replaced a highly acclaimed 1881 depot building designed by H. H. Richardson. A full renovation of the station for accessibility is planned.

History

Opening

The Boston and Worcester Railroad opened the segment from West Newton to Wellesley Hills in July 1834.[3] A second track was added in 1839, and in 1843 the railroad began offering season fares for around $60, making it one of the first commuter rail systems.[3] Due to the popularity of the other Newton stops, a station at Auburn Dale (soon Auburndale) was opened by the late 1840s.[1][4][5] A new station building was constructed in 1850–51 at an expense of $1,219.[6][7] It was located on the south side of the tracks in a large open area at the intersection of Auburn Street, Lexington Street, and several other roads.[8] In 1867, the Boston & Worcester joined with the Western Railroad to become the Boston & Albany Railroad.[3]

H.H. Richardson depot

1881 station on an early color postcard

Beginning in 1881, the Boston & Albany began a massive improvement program that included the building of over 30 new stations along its main line as well as the Highland branch, which it bought in 1883. Acclaimed architect H. H. Richardson was hired to design several stations (eventually nine) along the line, starting with Auburndale. Although not as grand as some of his other B&A works like Framingham and Palmer stations, the Auburndale station's design was highly praised. Henry-Russell Hitchcock called it "the best he ever built" in The Architecture of H.H. Richardson and His Time, and a 1904 architecture journal claimed that Richardson's depots at Auburndale and Chestnut Hill "created a new standard of way-station construction."[9][10]

The 1881 station was constructed in Richardson's signature Richardsonian Romanesque style, with influence from Japanese architecture as well as Romanesque Revival architecture. The one-story building was built from "red and light grey granite", with "heavy masonry and dominant roof."[9] The interior was divided into a pair of waiting rooms for men and women, with a ticket counter between.[11] The platform was shaded by a canopy, which wrapped around the east end of the building into a porte-cochère.[9][10] Construction, by the Norcross Brothers firm, cost $16,290.[11] As with a number of other stations on the line, Frederick Law Olmsted designed the landscaping, which included large trees, shrubs, and Japanese ivy.[9][10][11] A replica of the station, still standing, was built by the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway in 1911 in Orchard Park, New York.

Demolition and modern era

Modern metal shelter and bare platform

Despite the accolades, H. H. Richardson's depot was torn down in 1961 after 80 years in service. The extension of the Massachusetts Turnpike from Route 128 to downtown Boston involved removing two of the line's four tracks from Auburndale to downtown. The historic stations at Auburndale, West Newton, Newtonville, Newton Corner, and Brighton were demolished; only the Allston depot survived. Auburndale, West Newton, and Newtonville stayed in service, but with extremely diminished facilities – bare asphalt platforms with simple metal shelters. The single side platform provides access to only one of the line's two tracks; passengers use short asphalt strips to access trains on the other track. The 1961-built platform stretches from Woodland Street to Auburn Street, just west of the previous station locations.

Service to West Newton and Auburndale stations was reduced to one daily round trip on January 30, 1981, as part of a series of service cuts due to a budget crisis.[12][13] Normal service resumed to the two stations on March 16, 1981.[12]

Planned renovations

Due to the low-level platforms and the stairs to street level, Auburndale is not currently accessible

The bare platform and steep metal stairs make Auburndale station inaccessible. In the future, the station is planned to be rebuilt with a high-level platform and elevators or ramps to street level to meet ADA guidelines. In April 2004, the Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization voted to add $368,000 (funded by a federal earmark) for planning Auburndale renovations to its 2004-2008 spending plan.[14] However, the project was not pursued at that time.

Beginning in 2008, Representative Barney Frank secured $3 million in funding for design of the replacement station. 30% design plans were released in July 2013, at which point construction was estimated to cost $11.5 million.[15] 100% design was completed in January 2017, with construction scheduled for April 2017.[16]

The 100% design was unveiled at a public meeting in February 2017. It includes a full-length high-level platform on the north side of the tracks, with ramps to provide an accessible route to the village center. Because the platform would be on the opposite side of the tracks from the other Newton stations, a new interlocking would be added east of the station.[17] Although the improved access to the village center was popular with residents, the new station design was criticized by transit advocates because it would likely degrade service on the line. Trains switching tracks to access Auburndale station would prevent trains from passing in the opposite direction, which could reduce the number of trains that could be operated on the line. The MBTA did not perform traffic modeling to determine whether the station design would cause operational issues.[17]

The proposal was abandoned due to service impacts.[18] A new set of accessibility plans, with all three Newton stations receiving identical new platforms on the north side, were announced in 2019. Design reached 30% in November 2020 and was expected to be complete in spring 2022.[19] The designs were later changed to have two platforms to reduce operational impacts. The new design reached 30% completion in early 2022, with design completion expected in February 2024.[20] Drilling for geotechnical surveying took place in October–December 2022.[21][22] Design work for the Newton stations was paused at 75% completion in September 2023 because project costs had risen to $255 million.[23] In April 2024, the MBTA indicated that it would proceed with Newtonville before the two other stations.[24]

References

  1. ^ a b Humphrey, Thomas J. & Clark, Norton D. (1985). Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years. Boston Street Railway Association. p. 22. ISBN 9780685412947.
  2. ^ Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  3. ^ a b c Karr, Ronald Dale (1995). The Rail Lines of Southern New England. Branch Line Press. pp. 279–280. ISBN 0942147022.
  4. ^ Woodward, E.F.; Ward, W.F. (April 1848). Map of the Town of Newton (Map). 1:18,600. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013.
  5. ^ "To Let, A Beautiful Country Residence [Advertisement]". Boston Evening Transcript. May 5, 1848. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Report of the Directors of the Boston and Worcester Railroad. Boston and Worcester Railroad. 1851. p. 8.
  7. ^ Report of the Directors of the Boston and Worcester Railroad. Boston and Worcester Railroad. 1852. p. 12.
  8. ^ "Plate L: Plan of Auburndale, Ward 4" (Map). Atlas of the city of Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. 1:3,600. J.B. Beers & Co. 1874. pp. 42–43.
  9. ^ a b c d Cummings, Abbott L. & Overby, Osmund R. (March 1961) [January 1960]. "Photographs: Written Historical and Descriptive Data" (PDF). Boston & Albany Railroad Station, Auburndale, Middlesex County, MA. Historic American Buildings Survey, Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey.
  10. ^ a b c Charles Mulford Robinson (6 February 1904). "A Railroad Beautiful". American Architect and Building News. 83 (260): 1–4. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  11. ^ a b c Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl (1984). H.H. Richardson, Complete Architectural Works. MIT Press. p. 242. ISBN 9780262650151.
  12. ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
  13. ^ "T changes start today". Boston Globe. February 1, 1981. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  14. ^ "Boston MPO Action items" (PDF). TRANSreport. Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization. May 2004. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2010.
  15. ^ Jones, Trevor (18 July 2013). "MBTA looking at new Newton commuter rail station for Auburndale". Wicked Local. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  16. ^ Brelsford, Laura (December 5, 2016). "MBTA System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives: December 2016 Update" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  17. ^ a b Monat, Andy (February 25, 2017). "T is rebuilding station in worst possible way". Commonwealth Magazine. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  18. ^ Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (2019-07-25). "Auburndale, West Newton and Newtonville Commuter Rail Stations Improvements" (PDF).
  19. ^ Brelsford, Laura (May 24, 2021). "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—May 2021" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. p. 6.
  20. ^ "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—December 2022" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. December 6, 2022. p. 6.
  21. ^ "Drilling Activities Continue at Newton Commuter Rail Stations". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. September 26, 2022. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022.
  22. ^ "Drilling Activities Continue at Newton Commuter Rail Stations". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. November 7, 2022.
  23. ^ "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—November 2023" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. November 27, 2023. pp. 6–7.
  24. ^ "Newton Stations Accessibility Improvements" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. April 10, 2024.
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