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Coolidge Corner station

Coolidge Corner station is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line C branch, located at the intersection of Beacon Street and Harvard Street in the Coolidge Corner neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts. With 3,440 daily boardings by a 2011 count, it had more than twice the ridership of any other surface station on the branch.[1]

Coolidge Corner
An outbound train at Coolidge Corner in February 2017
General information
LocationBeacon Street at Harvard Street
Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′32″N 71°07′15″W / 42.34223°N 71.12089°W / 42.34223; -71.12089
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections MBTA bus: 66
Construction
Bicycle facilities20 spaces
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJune 1, 1888
Rebuilt1901; 2001
Passengers
20113,440 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Location

History edit

 
Coolidge Corner station in 1916

Horsecar service on the Beacon Street line began between Coolidge Corner and downtown Boston on June 1, 1888.[2]: 54  Electrified service began between Allston and downtown Boston via Coolidge Corner on January 3, 1889.[2]: 48  Service was extended west from Coolidge Corner to Reservoir on January 12, and from Allston to Oak Square the next day.[2]: 56 

On February 3, 1900, the Boston Elevated Railway (BERy) established Coolidge Corner as a designated transfer point, where passengers could transfer between the Reservoir and Oak Square branches.[3] The town approved the construction of shelters at the stop in November 1900, and they were completed in 1901.[4][5][6] Each is 20 feet (6.1 m) long with a 40-foot (12 m)-long canopy, made of white pine with a tile roof.[5] Similar shelters were built around 1912 at Brookline Village, but demolished in 1938.[7][8] A 1911-built electrical substation designed by Peabody and Stearns is located in Coolidge Corner on Webster Street.[6]

In the early 2000s, the MBTA modified key surface stops with raised platforms for accessibility. Portable lifts were installed at Coolidge Corner around 2000 as a temporary measure.[9][10] The platform modifications – part of a $32 million modification of thirteen B, C, and E branch stations – were completed in 2001.[11]

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.[12][13]

In February 2024, the MBTA indicated long-term plans to replace the existing platforms with a longer island platform west of the Harvard Street grade crossing.[14]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Clarke, Bradley H.; Cummings, O.R. (1997). Tremont Street Subway: A Century of Public Service. Boston Street Railway Association. ISBN 0938315048.
  3. ^ "New Free Transfer Station". Boston Globe. February 2, 1900. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.  
  4. ^ "Brookline". Boston Globe. November 10, 1900. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.  
  5. ^ a b "Greatly Needed Storm Shelters". Boston Globe. January 4, 1901. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.  
  6. ^ a b Zimmerman, Sarah; Wyman Benka, Carla (June 1985). "National Register of Historic Places – Inventory Nomination Form: Brookline Multiple Resource Area". National Park Service. p. 7.46.
  7. ^ "Brookline". Boston Globe. September 6, 1912. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.  
  8. ^ Cheney, Frank; Sammarco, Anthony M. (1997). Trolleys Under the Hub. Arcadia Publishing. p. 111. ISBN 0752409077.
  9. ^ (PDF). Program of Mass Transportation. Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization. January 2004. p. 2-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2012.
  10. ^ (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 1, 2001.
  11. ^ Rivera, Lydia (July 12, 2001). . MBTA Press Releases. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on October 30, 2001.
  12. ^ "Settlement Agreement" (PDF). Joanne Daniels-Finegold et al. v. MBTA. April 10, 2006. pp. 10–11.
  13. ^ (PDF). TRANSReport. Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization. June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2011.
  14. ^ "Green Line C Branch Accessibility Upgrades" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. February 15, 2024.

External links edit

  Media related to Coolidge Corner station at Wikimedia Commons

  • MBTA – Coolidge Corner
  • Station from Harvard Street from Google Maps Street View

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