Newtonville station

NEWTONVILLE
An outbound train arriving at Newtonville at night
Location	770 Washington Street Newtonville, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°21′06″N 71°12′19″W / 42.35170°N 71.20525°WCoordinates: 42°21′06″N 71°12′19″W / 42.35170°N 71.20525°W
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Framingham/Worcester Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA Bus: 59, 553, 554, 556
Construction
Parking	53 spaces ($0.75/hr)
Bicycle facilities	Non-MBTA rack available
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1842[1]
Previous names	Hull's Crossing[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	293 (weekday inbound average)[3]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station West Newton toward Worcester Framingham/Worcester Line Yawkey toward South Station Boston Landing 2016 (planned) toward South Station   Former services   New York Central Railroad Framingham toward Albany Boston and Albany Railroad Main Line Trinity Place toward Boston West Newton toward Worcester Worcester Line Newton toward Boston

Newtonville is a regional rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Framingham/Worcester Line, located next to the Massachusetts Turnpike at Newtonville Square in the Newtonville village of Newton, Massachusetts. Stairway entrances are located on the bridges at Walnut Street and Harvard Street. Newtonville station is not handicapped accessible.

History

Newtonville station in the early 1900s

Hulls Crossing station opened as a flag stop on the Boston and Worcester Railroad in 1842.^[1] It was first located on the south side of the tracks on the west side of Harvard Street, then later moved to the east side.^[4][5]

A red brick station was constructed slightly to the east in the 1870s, one of a small number of B&A stations built that decade.^[6] It ultimately became the first stop outside Boston for long-distance trains on the Boston and Albany Railroad.^[7] After Amtrak took over intercity service in 1971, the Bay State briefly stopped at Newtonville.^[8]

The present station has one active side platform next to the southern track (Turnpike side); The far track could theoretically be boarded by standing on the near track on a wooden crossing. A second platform, now abandoned, sits aside the northern track.

Bus connections

Newtonville is served by one local MBTA Bus route on Walnut Street, and three express routes on Washington Street:

• 59 Needham Junction - Watertown Square via Newtonville
• 553 Roberts - Downtown Boston via Newton Corner & Central Square, Waltham
• 554 Waverly Square - Downtown Boston via Newton Corner, Central Square, Waltham & Bentley College
• 556 Waltham Highlands - Downtown Boston via Newton Corner & Central Square, Waltham & Newtonville

References

1. Fleishman, Thelma (1999). Images of America: Newton. Arcadia Publishing. p. 33. ISBN 9780738537740 – via Google Books.
2. Burrows, F.W. (January 1909). "The Newtons". New England Magazine. 39 (5): 555.
3. "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
4. Woodward, E.F.; Ward, W.F. (April 1848). "Map of the Town of Newton".
5. "Part of Newtonville". Atlas of Newton. J.B. Beers & Co. 1874 – via Ward Maps.
6. Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl (June 1988). "Architecture for the Boston & Albany Railroad: 1881-1894". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 47 (2): 112, 120. doi:10.2307/990324. JSTOR 990324. (subscription required (help)).
7. "Newtonville Railroad Station. Boston & Albany Railroad sign. Newton, MA". 19 February 1956 – via Digital Commonwealth.
8. Nationwide Schedules of Intercity Passenger Service. Amtrak. January 16, 1972. p. 48 – via Museum of Railway Timetables.

External links

• MBTA - Newtonville
• Media related to Newtonville (MBTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Harvard Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Walnut Street entrance from Google Maps Street View