Griggs Street station is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line B branch, located between the southbound travel lanes and frontage road of Commonwealth Avenue at Griggs Street in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. The station is not accessible. It has two side platforms, located on the near sides of a pedestrian crossing, to serve the line's two tracks. The station was called Griggs Street/Long Avenue until around 2017.[4][5]
Griggs Street | |||||||||||
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 An inbound train at Griggs Street station in 2018 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Commonwealth Avenue at Griggs Street Allston, Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°20′55″N 71°08′04″W / 42.348542°N 71.134551°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | May 26, 1900[1][2] | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Griggs Street/Long Avenue | ||||||||||
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| 2011 | 1,203 weekday average boardings[3] | ||||||||||
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References edit
- ^ Engineering and Maintenance Department (1981). History of subways, tunnels and elevated lines. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Clarke, Bradley H.; Cummings, O.R. (1997). Tremont Street Subway: A Century of Public Service. Boston Street Railway Association. p. 58. ISBN 0938315048.
- ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
- ^ "Griggs Street/Long Avenue Station". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on July 21, 2017.
- ^ "Griggs Street". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on December 7, 2018.
External links edit
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