Packards Corner station
Packards Corner (announced as Brighton Avenue/Packards Corner) is a station on the MBTA's Green Line B branch located at Packard's Corner - the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Brighton Avenue - in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. The station is located in a median between the westbound travel lanes and frontage road of Commonwealth Avenue.
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An inbound train at Packards Corner station in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Commonwealth Avenue at Brighton Avenue Allston, Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°21′7.51″N 71°7′29″W | |||||||||||||||||
Owned by | MBTA | |||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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Passengers (2011) | 2,654 (weekday average boardings)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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History
The Green Line A branch formerly diverged just north of the platforms; its trolleys stopped at separate Packards Corner platforms on Brighton Avenue. The Brighton Avenue streetcar reservation was removed from July 1 to October 5, 1949, and the side platforms for the Watertown Line were replaced with an island platform.[2] The A branch was closed on June 21, 1969 and replaced with the route 57 bus, though the trackage was retained for non-revenue moves to Watertown Yard.[3] The line was finally abandoned in 1994; a several-hundred-foot stub track was left until the mid-2000s to temporarily store disabled trains. The switch and the last few feet of track were not disconnected until track work in 2014.
- Watertown Line (future A branch) platforms in 1948
- A Boston College-bound (future "B" Branch) train at Packards Corner in 1965
- Former A branch turnout switch in 2011
References
- "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
- Clarke, Bradley H. (2003). Streetcar Lines of the Hub - The 1940s. Boston Street Railway Association. p. 110. ISBN 0938315056.
- Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit.