Newton Centre station

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Newton Centre station in March 2016
General information
Location70 Union Street
Newton Centre, Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°19′46″N71°11′33″W / 42.32944°N 71.19250°W / 42.32944; -71.19250
Line(s) Highland branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg MBTA bus: 52
Construction
Bicycle facilities15 spaces
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1852 (Charles River Branch Railroad)
Rebuilt1891; 1958–1959
Previous namesNewton Center
Passengers
20131,891 (weekday average boardings) [1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA.svg MBTA Following station
Newton Highlands
toward Riverside
Green Line Chestnut Hill
toward Union Square
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Newton Highlands
toward Riverside
Highland branch Chestnut Hill
toward Boston
Newton Centre Railroad Station
Built1891
ArchitectShepley, Rutan & Coolidge
Architectural style Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No. 76002137
Added to NRHPMarch 25, 1976
Location
Newton Centre station

Newton Centre station is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line D branch, located in the Newton Centre village of Newton, Massachusetts. A former commuter rail station, it was converted for light rail use and reopened on July 4, 1959, along with the rest of the line. The 1891-built station and express office are part of the Newton Railroad Stations Historic District, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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History

Newton Centre station shortly after the 1907 track lowering Newton Center station postcard.jpg
Newton Centre station shortly after the 1907 track lowering

The first station at the site opened in 1852 on Langley Road as a part of the Charles River Railroad. [2] The Boston and Albany Railroad commissioned a building which design was started by H. H. Richardson in 1886, the year of his death, and which design was finished by Richardson’s successor firm of Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge. The new station, built by the Norcross Brothers firm of Worcester, opened in 1891. [3] The station was heavily modified in 1905–07 when the line was lowered below grade to eliminate street crossings. [3] The Highland branch was closed in 1958 and quickly converted for streetcar use; streetcar service began in July 1959.

The station building was rented out as commercial space; by 1962, it housed a clothing store. [4] The station building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 as part of the Newton Railroad Stations Historic District. At that time, it housed a sales training agency. [5] [6] It was used as travel industry training school beginning around 1977 and a coffee shop beginning around 1988. [7] [8] [9] [10] A Coffee Connection store replaced that coffee shop in the early 1990s. [11] [12] It became a Starbucks store in 1994, when the chain bought out Coffee Connection, and closed in 2008. [13] [14] A restaurant was open in the building from 2010 to 2022. [15] [16] [17]

In the early 2000s, the MBTA modified key surface stops with raised platforms for accessibility as part of the Light Rail Accessibility Program. The renovation of Newton Centre was completed around 2002. [18] [19] Around 2006, the MBTA added a wooden mini-high platform on the inbound side, allowing level boarding on older Type 7 LRVs. These platforms were installed at eight Green Line stations in 2006–07 as part of the settlement of Joanne Daniels-Finegold, et al. v. MBTA . [20] [21] In October 2012, the MBTA changed the station name from Newton Center to Newton Centre to match the village name. [22] [23]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Discover Historic Newton Centre" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-20. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
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