Cleveland Circle station

{{Short description|Light rail station in Boston, Massachusetts, US}}

{{Infobox station

| name=Cleveland Circle

| style=MBTA |style2=Green

| type=

| image=Cleveland Circle station August 2024.jpg

| image_caption=An inbound train at Cleveland Circle in 2024

| address=Beacon Street at Chestnut Hill Avenue

| borough=Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts

| coordinates={{coord|42|20|10.4|N|71|8|56.4|W|display=inline,title}}

| line=

| other={{ric|MBTA|Bus|name=y}} (at {{bts|Reservoir}}): {{MBTA bus links|Reservoir}}

| platform=2 side platforms

| tracks=2

| bicycle=

| passengers=1,457 (daily average){{MBTA Bluebook 2014}}

| pass_year=2011

| pass_percent=

| opened=1889

| rebuilt=

| accessible=Yes

| services={{Adjacent stations|system=MBTA|line=Green|type=C|right=Englewood Avenue}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|MBTA|Green}}

| mapframe-marker = rail-light

| mapframe-zoom = 14

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Cleveland Circle station is a Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) Green Line light rail station located in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, at Cleveland Circle. It is the western terminal of the C branch of the Green Line. Cleveland Circle station is accessible, with raised platforms to accommodate low-floor light rail vehicles.

History

File:PCC Streetcars at Cleveland Circle, 1951.jpgs at Cleveland Circle in 1951]]

The Beacon Street line opened in 1889; most streetcars ran through Cleveland Circle to Lake Street after 1896, with some terminating at the Chestnut Hill Carhouse (renamed Reservoir Carhouse around 1900). A waiting room was originally located in a leased building at the southeast corner of Cleveland Circle; it was heavily damaged by fire on December 10, 1897, and the West End Street Railway allowed the property to revert to the owner.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/inventoryofweste01west/page/n368 |page=180 |title=Inventory of the West End Street Railway Company |publisher=West End Street Railway Company |year=1897}}

In 1915, the route was cut back to Reservoir, at the Reservoir Carhouse. Around 1947, the terminus was redesignated Cleveland Circle after the adjacent traffic circle, to differentiate it from the nearby commuter rail station – which, twelve years later, would become a streetcar station itself. Although Cleveland Circle is no longer a traffic circle, the station retains its name.

In the early 2000s, the MBTA modified key surface stops with raised platforms for accessibility. Portable lifts were installed at Cleveland Circle around 2000 as a temporary measure.{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220063458/http://www.bostonmpo.org/bostonmpo/pmt-old/PMT-1.pdf |archivedate=February 20, 2012 |url=http://www.bostonmpo.org/bostonmpo/pmt-old/PMT-1.pdf |title=Executive Summary |work=Program of Mass Transportation |date=January 2004 |publisher=Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization |pages=2–9}}{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010701041753/http://www.mbta.com/text-only/schedmaps/map/map.pdf |archivedate=July 1, 2001 |url=http://www.mbta.com/text-only/schedmaps/map/map.pdf |title=Subway Map |date=2001 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}} The platform modifications - part of a $32 million modification of thirteen B, C, and E branch stations - were completed around 2003.{{cite book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/ridershipservice2003mass#page/n45/mode/2up |title=Ridership and Service Statistics |page=2.19 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |date=October 2003 |chapter=Subway Service |via=Internet Archive}}{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040810020602/http://www.mbta.com/insidethet/3_GreenLine.asp |archivedate=August 10, 2004 |url=http://www.mbta.com/insidethet/3_GreenLine.asp |title=Planned Accessibility Projects - On Board the Green Line |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}} On May 2, 2007, the MBTA added a wooden mini-high platform on the outbound side, allowing level deboarding from older Type 7 LRVs. These platforms were installed at eight Green Line stations in 2006–07 as part of the settlement of Joanne Daniels-Finegold, et al. v. MBTA.{{cite web |url=http://www.gbls.org/sites/default/files/settlement-(4-10-06).pdf |title=Settlement Agreement |work=Joanne Daniels-Finegold et al. v. MBTA |date=April 10, 2006 |pages=10–11}}{{cite web |url=http://ctps.org/bostonmpo/4_resources/2_transreport/archive/trpt0607.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116153104/http://ctps.org/bostonmpo/4_resources/2_transreport/archive/trpt0607.pdf |title=Green Line Stations Upgraded to Improve Accessibility |date=June 2007 |work=TRANSReport |publisher=Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization |archivedate=January 16, 2011}} The ramp was removed in July 2020 during a track reconstruction project.{{cite press release |url=https://www.mbta.com/news/2020-06-24/building-better-t-green-line-c-branch-track-improvements-and-intersection-upgrades |title=Building a Better T: Green Line C Branch Track Improvements and Intersection Upgrades Accelerated, Kenmore – Cleveland Circle Work Begins Evening of July 5 |date=June 24, 2020 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}}

In February 2024, the MBTA indicated long-term plans to replace the existing platforms with a longer island platform extending east across Ayr Road.{{cite web |url=https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2024-04/02-15-2024-green-line-c-branch-accessibility-upgrades.pdf |title=Green Line C Branch Accessibility Upgrades |date=February 15, 2024 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}}

References

External links

[https://www.mbta.com/stops/place-clmnl MBTA - Cleveland Circle]
[https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=42.336255,-71.148542&spn=0.003727,0.013518&z=17&layer=c&cbll=42.336255,-71.148542&panoid=nwFiZAqShEBeJ7ysuJbrYw&cbp=12,278.49,,0,3.86 Cleveland Circle Station from Google Maps Street View]

Category:Brighton, Boston

Category:Green Line (MBTA) stations

Category:Railway stations in Boston

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1889