Thompson Square station
THOMPSON SQUARE | |||||||||||
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Thompson Square station, circa 1970 | |||||||||||
Location | Charlestown, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°22′30.16″N 71°3′50.52″W / 42.3750444°N 71.0640333°WCoordinates: 42°22′30.16″N 71°3′50.52″W / 42.3750444°N 71.0640333°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
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Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | May 22, 1902[1] | ||||||||||
Closed | April 4, 1975[1] | ||||||||||
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Thompson Square was a rapid transit station in Charlestown, Massachusetts. It served the Charlestown Elevated, part of the MBTA's Orange Line, from 1902 until 1975.
History
Thompson Square station opened on May 22, 1902, almost a year after the rest of the Charlestown Elevated line, as an infill station. It was closed in 1975, when the line was rerouted into a tunnel that was constructed as part of the Haymarket North Extension project.[1] The station was lowered to the ground, with plans to reuse the structure as a restaurant, but it was destroyed by fire on April 19, 1976, before the conversion could be done.[2][3]
References
- 1 2 3 Belcher, Jonathan (27 December 2014). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ↑ Giordano, Kathleen Whelan (26 July 2011). "The Removal of the "El"". Charlestown Patch. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ↑ "Fire destroys converted train station". Berkshire Eagle. 21 April 1975. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
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