East Weymouth station
EAST WEYMOUTH | |||||||||||||
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![]() East Weymouth station in November 2007 | |||||||||||||
Location |
1590 Commercial Street Weymouth, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°13′8.76″N 70°55′17.04″W / 42.2191000°N 70.9214000°WCoordinates: 42°13′8.76″N 70°55′17.04″W / 42.2191000°N 70.9214000°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Parking |
335 spaces ($4.00 fee) 8 accessible spaces | ||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||
Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | October 31, 2007[1] | ||||||||||||
Closed | June 30, 1959 | ||||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||||
Passengers (2013) | 405 (weekday inbound average)[2] | ||||||||||||
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East Weymouth is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Weymouth, Massachusetts. It serves the Greenbush Line, and is located in the East Weymouth village. It consists of a single side platform serving the line's one track. The station is fully handicapped accessible.
History
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East Weymouth station in the early 20th century
The New Haven Railroad abandoned its remaining Old Colony Division lines on June 30, 1959, after the completion of the Southeast Expressway.[1] The East Weymouth station had been located off Station Street.[3]
The MBTA reopened the Greenbush Line on October 31, 2007, with East Weymouth station off Commercial Street, east of the former location.[1]
Bus connections
One MBTA Bus route stops on Broad Street, several blocks to the south:
- 222 Quincy Center Station - East Weymouth via Bicknell Square
References
- 1 2 3 Belcher, Jonathan (December 30, 2016). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2016" (PDF). NETransit.
- ↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
- ↑ "East Weymouth". Atlas of Norfolk County. E. Robinson. 1888 – via Ward Maps.
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