Newton Highlands (MBTA station)

Newton Highlands (MBTA station)
NEWTON HIGHLANDS
NewtonHighlandsMBTAStation.agr.jpg
View from inbound platform showing ramp to Walnut St.
Station statistics
Address 1170 Walnut Street
Newton Highlands, MA 02461
Coordinates 42°19′17.54″N 71°12′21.47″W / 42.3215389°N 71.2059639°W / 42.3215389; -71.2059639Coordinates: 42°19′17.54″N 71°12′21.47″W / 42.3215389°N 71.2059639°W / 42.3215389; -71.2059639
Lines
  Green Line "D" branch
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened July 4, 1959
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
toward Riverside
 Green Line
"D" Branch

Newton Highlands is a surface-level rapid transit station located in Newton, Massachusetts on the Green Line "D" Branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Like the other surface level stations on the "D" Branch, it opened on July 4, 1959.

The first station at this site opened in 1852 on the Charles River Railroad.[1] The 1880s Boston and Albany Railroad depot building, designed by H. H. Richardson in collaboration with landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted,[2] was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 1976, and is part of the Newton Railroad Stations Historic District.

The station's interior, occupied by an auto parts store for years, is being renovated and is partially occupied by the office of periodontist Leonard H. Strauss, D.M.D., P.C.[3] The station is accessible (although not shown on the latest map) via lifts because the station has standard at-grade platforms.

See also

References

  1. ^ History of Newton Highlands (Newton, MA Official Website)
  2. ^ Auburndale (B&A) Railroad Station
  3. ^ http://www.straussdmd.com/

External links


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