| Style: | MBTA | ||||||||
| Weymouth Landing/East Braintree | |||||||||
| Address: | 121 Commercial Street | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 42.2215°N -70.968°W | ||||||||
| Other: | MBTA bus: | ||||||||
| Tracks: | 1 | ||||||||
| Parking: | 290 spaces ($4.00 fee) | ||||||||
| Passengers: | 507 (weekday average boardings) | ||||||||
| Pass Year: | 2018 | ||||||||
| Opened: | October 31, 2007 | ||||||||
| Closed: | June 30, 1959 | ||||||||
| Accessible: | Yes | ||||||||
| Former: | Weymouth | ||||||||
| Zone: | 2 | ||||||||
| Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||||
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes | ||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||
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Weymouth Landing/East Braintree station (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 accessible.
The South Shore Railroad opened between Braintree and Cohasset on January 1, 1849. Weymouth was among the original stations on the line.[1] [2] The South Shore Railroad was acquired by the Old Colony Railroad in 1877; the Old Colony was in turn acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1893.
The New Haven abandoned its remaining Old Colony Division lines on June 30, 1959, after the completion of the Southeast Expressway. 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. Original plans called for a 450feet platform between the streets, but the MBTA ultimately decided to build a standard 800feet platform that extends under the streets at either end.