Griggs Street/Long Avenue station

GRIGGS STREET/LONG AVENUE
Outbound platform at Griggs Street / Long Avenue in 2011
Location Commonwealth Avenue and Griggs Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°20′55″N 71°08′04″W / 42.348542°N 71.134551°W / 42.348542; -71.134551Coordinates: 42°20′55″N 71°08′04″W / 42.348542°N 71.134551°W / 42.348542; -71.134551
Owned by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)
  Green Line – "B" Branch
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
History
Opened May 26, 1900[1][2]
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 1,203[3]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
Green Line
toward Park Street

Griggs Street/Long Avenue is a light rail station on the MBTA's Green Line "B" Branch, located on Commonwealth Avenue at Griggs Street in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. The station is not handicapped accessible.

Station layout

The station has two side platforms, located on the near sides of a pedestrian crossing, to serve the line's two tracks.

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Street/Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Outbound ← "B" Branch toward Boston College (Allston Street)
Inbound → "B" Branch toward Park Street (Harvard Avenue) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

  1. ↑ Engineering and Maintenance Department (1981). "History of subways, tunnels and elevated lines". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Clarke, Bradley H.; Cummings, O.R. (1997). Tremont Street Subway: A Century of Public Service. Boston Street Railway Association. p. 58. ISBN 0938315048.
  3. ↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.

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