Roslindale Village station explained

Style:MBTA
Roslindale Village
Address:1 Belgrade Avenue
Borough:Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.2874°N -71.1304°W
Line:Needham Branch (West Roxbury Branch)
Other: MBTA bus:
Tracks:1
Parking:144 spaces ($4.00 fee)
Passengers:479 (weekday average boardings)
Pass Year:2018
Opened:July 14, 1849
Accessible:Yes
Zone:1
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes

Roslindale Village station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station on the Needham Line, located in the Roslindale Square business district of the Roslindale neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. The station has a single side platform serving the line's single track, with a mini-high platform for accessibility.

Roslindale Square is an important bus transfer location; MBTA bus routes run on Washington Street between Forest Hills and Roslindale, then fan out to the south and west.

History

The Boston and Providence Railroad (B&P) opened its West Roxbury Branch from to via West Roxbury on July 14, 1849.[1] [2] Stations at South Street (later Roslindale), Central, and all opened with the branch.[3] A new brick station building was constructed in 1876.[4]

A grade crossing elimination project in the late 1890s raised the tracks above grade. A rail bridge was built over Roberts Street, while South Street was cut at the tracks, with only a pedestrian underpass. The 1898-built bridge over Roberts Street was replaced with a modern bridge in June 2021.[5] The new bridge was designed to allow construction of a parallel span should a second track be later added.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Dedham Branch Railroad . Boston Evening Transcript . July 16, 1849 . 2 . Newspapers.com.
  2. 10.2307/3111453 . Commuter Services in the Boston Area, 1835-1860 . The Business History Review . 36 . 2 . Summer 1962 . 153–170 . Charles J. . Kennedy. 3111453 . 154294514 .
  3. Book: Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years . Humphrey . Thomas J.. Clark . Norton D. . Boston Street Railway Association . 1985 . 9780685412947 . 21–24.
  4. Book: Report of the Board of Directors of the Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation for the Year Ending September 30, 1876 . 8 . Boston and Providence Railroad . 1876.
  5. Web site: Robert Street Bridge Replacement. https://web.archive.org/web/20210526184934/https://www.mbta.com/projects/robert-street-bridge-replacement . May 26, 2021 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority .
  6. Web site: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority FY23-27 Capital Investment Plan (CIP): Proposed . March 2022 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority . 37.