Roslindale Village station

Roslindale Village
Roslindale Village station in May 2012
General information
Location	1 Belgrade Avenue Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°17′15″N71°07′49″W / 42.2874°N 71.1304°W / 42.2874; -71.1304
Line(s)	Needham Branch (West Roxbury Branch)
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	MBTA bus: 14, 30, 34, 34E, 35, 36, 37, 40, 50,  51
Construction
Parking	144 spaces ($4.00 fee)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	July 14, 1849
Passengers
2018	479 (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

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.

External links

Media related to Roslindale Village station at Wikimedia Commons

• MBTA - Roslindale Village