Brandeis/Roberts station

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Brandeis/Roberts
Inbound train at Brandeis Roberts station (1), July 2019.JPG
An inbound train arriving at Brandeis/Roberts station in 2019
General information
Location1 Sawyer Road
Waltham, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°21′43.24″N71°15′36.38″W / 42.3620111°N 71.2601056°W / 42.3620111; -71.2601056
Line(s) Fitchburg Route
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg MBTA bus: 553
Construction
Parking70 spaces ($4.00 fee)
Bicycle facilities8 spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone2
History
Openedc. 1850
Previous namesRoberts
Passengers
2018369 (weekday average boardings) [1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA.svg MBTA Following station
Kendal Green
toward Wachusett
Fitchburg Line Waltham
toward North Station
Location
Brandeis/Roberts station

Brandeis/Roberts station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Waltham, Massachusetts. It serves the Fitchburg Line and is located on the edge of the campus of Brandeis University. The station is fully accessible, with mini-high platforms serving both tracks. [2]

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History

The Fitchburg Railroad opened from Waltham to Concord on June 17, 1844. [3] A flag stop was open at the South Street crossing by 1852. [4] It was named Roberts Crossing (later shortened to Roberts) after John Roberts, who operated a nearby paper mill. [5] [6] [7]

New stations at Roberts and nearby Stony Brook were built in 1887. [8] [9] The railroad opened a roundhouse at Roberts in early 1893, replacing an older facility in Waltham. [10] The Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) closed the station building in 1937, but trains continued to stop at the platform. [11] [12]

In 1977 or 1978, the station was renamed Brandeis–Roberts (later styled Brandeis/Roberts) to denote the growing university. [13] [14] A $70,000 renovation of the station was completed on December 18, 1986. [15] Accessible mini-high platforms were installed either in that renovation or around 1991. [16] [17]

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References

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  4. ↑ Walling, Henry F. (1852). Map of Middlesex County, Massachusetts : based upon the trigonometrical survey of the state (Map). 1:50,000. Smith & Bumstead.
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  7. ↑ "Memoir of William Roberts". Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Vol. 34. American Society of Civil Engineers. 1908. p. 313.
  8. ↑ "Currents of Commerce". The Boston Globe. January 12, 1887. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Railroad Racket". The Boston Globe. September 1, 1887. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Notes Here and There". Boston Evening Transcript. February 2, 1893. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "B. & M. Would End Winter Hill Service". Boston Globe. February 13, 1937. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Will Continue Four Roberts Platform Stops". Boston Globe. March 30, 1937. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ MBTA System Route Map, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Spring–Summer 1977 – via Wikimedia Commons
  14. ↑ MBTA System Route Map, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, 1978 – via Wikimedia Commons
  15. ↑ Sanborn, George M. (1992). A Chronicle of the Boston Transit System. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2019-10-17– via Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  16. ↑ MBTA : ACCESS; The Guide to Accessible Services and Facilities. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. June 1992. p. 15 – via Internet Archive.
  17. ↑ Operations Directorate Planning Division (November 1990). "Ridership and Service Statistics" (3 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. pp. 1–5 – via Internet Archive.

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