Washington Square station (MBTA)

Washington Square station is a surface light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line C branch, located in the median of Beacon Street in the Washington Square neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts. Washington Square is the 4th-busiest surface stop on the line, with 1,091 daily boardings by a 2011 count.[1] The station has two side platforms serving two tracks.

Washington Square
An inbound train at Washington Square station in April 2016
General information
LocationBeacon Street at Washington Street
Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′21.32″N 71°8′7.39″W / 42.3392556°N 71.1353861°W / 42.3392556; -71.1353861
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport MBTA bus: 65
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
Rebuiltc. 2002
Passengers
20111,091 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Tappan Street Green Line Fairbanks Street
Location
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History

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An outbound car at the station in 1987

In the early 2000s, the MBTA modified key surface stops with raised platforms for accessibility. The renovation of Washington Square - part of a $32 million modification of thirteen B, C, and E branch stations - was completed by 2003.[2][3]

The MBTA added wooden mini-high platforms, allowing level boarding on older Type 7 LRVs, at eight Green Line stations in 2006–07 as part of the settlement of Joanne Daniels-Finegold, et al. v. MBTA. Coolidge Corner and Washington Square were originally to have one mini-high platform apiece as well; however, portable lifts were added at the stations instead.[4][5]

In February 2024, the MBTA indicated long-term plans to replace the existing platforms with longer and less-curved platforms on the west side of Washington Street.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
  2. ^ "Subway Service". Ridership and Service Statistics. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. October 2003. p. 2.19 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "Planned Accessibility Projects - On Board the Green Line". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2004.
  4. ^ "Settlement Agreement" (PDF). Joanne Daniels-Finegold et al. v. MBTA. April 10, 2006. pp. 10–11.
  5. ^ "Green Line Stations Upgraded to Improve Accessibility" (PDF). TRANSReport. Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization. June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2011.
  6. ^ "Green Line C Branch Accessibility Upgrades" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. February 15, 2024.
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