Medford/Tufts station

Medford/Tufts station is a planned light rail station on the MBTA Green Line D branch, to be located at College Avenue next to Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. It will be the northern terminus of the D branch and is the final station on the second phase of the Green Line Extension.[4][5] Medford/Tufts will consist of one island platform, which will serve the D branch's two tracks.

Medford/Tufts
Medford/Tufts station under construction in July 2019
LocationCollege Avenue at Boston Avenue
Medford, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°24′29.35″N 71°7′2.37″W
Owned byMBTA
Line(s)Medford Branch
Platforms1 island platform (Green Line)
Tracks2 (Lowell Line)
2 (Green Line)
Construction
Bicycle facilities"Pedal and Park" bicycle cage
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedSeptember 15, 1977 (Lowell Line)[1]
2021[2] (Green Line - planned)
ClosedOctober 1979 (Lowell Line)[3]
Previous namesCollege Hill (until c. 1900)
Tufts College (until 1958)
Tufts University (1977–1979)
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Ball Square
toward Riverside
 Green Line
Starting 2021
 Terminus
Proposed services
Ball Square
toward Riverside
 Green Line Route 16
Terminus
Former services
North Station
Terminus
 Lowell Line
Stop closed 1979
 West Medford
toward Lowell or Woburn

Previous commuter rail stations on what is now the Lowell Line were located nearby from the mid 19th century to the mid 20th century, and from 1977 to 1979.

History

Commuter rail stations
Tufts University station with a Budd RDC in September 1977

The Boston and Lowell Railroad opened their namesake line in 1835, though local stops were not added immediately. By 1889, College Hill station was located on the north side of the tracks just west of College Avenue.[6] By 1900, College Hill was replaced with Tufts College station, located on the opposite side of the tracks and slightly to the south at Pearson Street.[7] Horsecars, and later streetcars consolidated under the Boston Elevated Railway, cut sharply into local railroad traffic. On April 18, 1958, the Public Utilities Commission approved a vast set of cuts to Boston and Maine Railroad commuter service, including the closure of North Somerville, Tufts College, and Medford Hillside stations.[8] The three stations were closed on May 18, 1958, amid the first of a series of cuts.[9][10]

On September 15, 1977, the MBTA opened Tufts University station near the Tufts College station site.[3][1] It was abandoned in October 1979 due to poor ridership.[3]

Green Line station

The station name was called College Avenue during planning; the change to Medford/Tufts was announced on January 2, 2020[11] Tufts will pay $2 million in maintenance costs over 10 years in exchange for the name.[12]

Construction on the station began by August 2020, with retaining wall work preceding it.[13]

References
  1. 1977 Annual Report. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 1977.
  2. Dungca, Nicole (December 7, 2016). "New Green Line stations are delayed until 2021". Boston Globe. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  3. Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit.
  4. "MBTA Light Rail Transit System OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PLAN" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  5. "Travel Forecasts: Systemwide Stats and SUMMIT Results" (PDF). Green Line Extension Project: FY 2012 New Starts Submittal. Massachusetts Department of Transportation. January 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  6. "Part of Medford". Atlas of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Geo. H. Walker & Co. 1889. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  7. "Index Map to the Cities of Everett, Malden, and Medford". Atlas of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. George W. Stadley & Co. 1900. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  8. "Drastic Service Cuts Approved on Five B.& M. Divisions". Daily Boston Globe. April 19, 1958. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Humphrey, Thomas J.; Clark, Norton D. (1985). Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years. Boston Street Railway Association. p. 57. ISBN 9780685412947.
  10. "B.&M. Closes Saugus Branch, 3 Other Lines". Daily Boston Globe. May 17, 1958. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "New MBTA Green Line Station to Be Named "Medford/Tufts"". Tufts Now. Tufts University. January 2, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  12. DeCosta-Klipa, Nik (January 3, 2020). "Tufts is paying $2 million to name a Green Line Extension station". Boston Globe.
  13. "GLX Community Working Group Monthly Meeting: August 4, 2020". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. August 4, 2020. p. 11.

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