Roslindale Village station

Roslindale Village
Roslindale Village station in May 2012
General information
Location1 Belgrade Avenue
Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°17′15″N 71°07′49″W / 42.2874°N 71.1304°W / 42.2874; -71.1304
Line(s)Needham Branch (West Roxbury Branch)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsBus transport MBTA bus: 14, 30, 34, 34E, 35, 36, 37, 40, 50, 51
Construction
Parking144 spaces ($4.00 fee)
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone1
History
OpenedJuly 14, 1849
Passengers
2018479 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Bellevue
toward Needham Heights
 Needham Line Forest Hills
toward South Station
Former services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Bellevue
toward Millis
 Millis Branch
Closed 1967
 Back Bay
toward South Station
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Bellevue
toward Woonsocket
 Charles River Line Boston Back Bay
toward Boston
Location
Map

Roslindale Village station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station on the Needham Line, located in the Roslindale Square business district of the Roslindale neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. The station has a single side platform serving the line's single track, with a mini-high platform for accessibility.

Roslindale Square is an important bus transfer location; ten MBTA bus routes (14, 30, 34, 34E, 35, 36, 37, 40, 50, and 51) run on Washington Street between Forest Hills and Roslindale, then fan out to the south and west.[2]

History

An early-20th-century postcard of the station

The Boston and Providence Railroad (B&P) opened its West Roxbury Branch from Forest Hills to Dedham via West Roxbury on July 14, 1849.[3][4]: 154  Stations at South Street (later Roslindale), Central (Bellevue), and West Roxbury all opened with the branch.[5] A new brick station building was constructed in 1876.[6]

A grade crossing elimination project in the late 1890s raised the tracks above grade. A rail bridge was built over Roberts Street, while South Street was cut at the tracks, with only a pedestrian underpass. The 1898-built bridge over Roberts Street was replaced with a modern bridge in June 2021.[7] The new bridge was designed to allow construction of a parallel span should a second track be later added.[8]

References

  1. ^ Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  2. ^ "2025 System Map". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. December 15, 2024.
  3. ^ "Dedham Branch Railroad". Boston Evening Transcript. July 16, 1849. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Kennedy, Charles J. (Summer 1962). "Commuter Services in the Boston Area, 1835-1860". The Business History Review. 36 (2): 153–170. doi:10.2307/3111453. JSTOR 3111453. S2CID 154294514.
  5. ^ Humphrey, Thomas J.; Clark, Norton D. (1985). Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years. Boston Street Railway Association. pp. 21–24. ISBN 9780685412947.
  6. ^ Report of the Board of Directors of the Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation for the Year Ending September 30, 1876. Boston and Providence Railroad. 1876. p. 8.
  7. ^ "Robert Street Bridge Replacement". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021.
  8. ^ "Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority FY23-27 Capital Investment Plan (CIP): Proposed" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. March 2022. p. 37.

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