Weymouth Landing/East Braintree station
WEYMOUTH LANDING/EAST BRAINTREE | |||||||||||||
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![]() A ceremonial train at the station on October 30, 2007, one day before the Greenbush Line opened | |||||||||||||
Location |
121 Commercial Street Weymouth, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°13′14.88″N 70°58′1.52″W / 42.2208000°N 70.9670889°WCoordinates: 42°13′14.88″N 70°58′1.52″W / 42.2208000°N 70.9670889°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Parking |
290 spaces ($4.00 fee) 13 accessible spaces | ||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | October 31, 2007[1] | ||||||||||||
Closed | June 30, 1959 | ||||||||||||
Previous names | Weymouth | ||||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||||
Passengers (2013) | 375 (weekday inbound average)[2] | ||||||||||||
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Weymouth Landing/East Braintree (signed as East Braintree/Weymouth Landing) is an MBTA Commuter Rail station on the border of Braintree and Weymouth, Massachusetts. It serves the Greenbush Line. It is located in Weymouth Landing, and consists of a single side platform serving the line's one track. The station is fully handicapped accessible.
History
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The New Haven Railroad abandoned its remaining Old Colony Division lines on June 30, 1959, after the completion of the Southeast Expressway.[1] The Weymouth station had been located just west of Commercial Street.[3]
The MBTA reopened the Greenbush Line on October 31, 2007, with Weymouth station located between Commercial Street and Quincy Avenue.[1] Original plans called for a 450-foot (140 m) platform between the streets, but the MBTA ultimately decided to build a standard 800-foot (240 m) platform that extends under the streets at either end.
Bus connections
The station is also served by one MBTA Bus route:
- 225 Quincy Center - Weymouth Landing via Quincy Avenue & Shaw Street or Des Moines Road
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.
- ↑ "Weymouth Landing". Atlas of Norfolk County. Comstock & Cline. 1876 – via Ward Maps.
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