Nantasket Junction station

NANTASKET JUNCTION
Nantasket Junction station in November 2007
Location 190 Summer Street
Hingham, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°14′42.72″N 70°52′11.28″W / 42.2452000°N 70.8698000°W / 42.2452000; -70.8698000Coordinates: 42°14′42.72″N 70°52′11.28″W / 42.2452000°N 70.8698000°W / 42.2452000; -70.8698000
Owned by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)
  Greenbush Line
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Parking 495 spaces ($4.00 fee)
9 accessible spaces
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 4
History
Opened October 31, 2007[1]
Closed June 30, 1959 (previous station)
Previous names Old Colony House
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 381 (weekday average boardings)[2]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
Greenbush Line
toward Greenbush
Former services
Preceding station   New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad   Following station
Hingham
South Shore Line
toward Greenbush

Nantasket Junction is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Hingham, Massachusetts. It serves the Greenbush Line. It is located off Chief Justice Cushing Highway east of downtown Hingham. It consists of a single side platform serving the line's one track. The station is fully handicapped accessible.

History

The New Haven Railroad abandoned its remaining Old Colony Division lines on June 30, 1959, after the completion of the Southeast Expressway.[1] Nantasket Junction station (also known as Old Colony House) was located at Summer Street at the wye with the Nantasket Beach Railroad.[3]

The MBTA reopened the Greenbush Line on October 31, 2007, with Nantasket Junction station located at the former station site.[1] The parking lot is located on the land formerly inside the wye.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Belcher, Jonathan (December 30, 2016). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2016" (PDF). NETransit.
  2. ↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
  3. ↑ "Town on Hingham, Plymouth County". New Topographical Atlas of Surveys of Plymouth County, MA. 1903.

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