Eliot station
{{Short description|Light rail station in Newton, Massachusetts, US}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Eliot
| style = MBTA
| style2 = Green
| image = Eliot MBTA Green Line Station, April 2025.jpg
| image_caption = An outbound train departing Eliot station in April 2025
| address = 248 Lincoln Street
| borough = Newton, Massachusetts
| coordinates = {{coord|42|19|08|N|71|12|59|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-MA|display=inline,title}}
| line = Highland branch
| connections =
| platform = 2 side platforms
| tracks = 2
| parking = 55 spaces; paid
| bicycle = 8 spaces
| opened = July 4, 1959{{NETransit}}
| closed =
| rebuilt=October 2024; 2026 (planned)
| accessible=Yes
| passengers = 814 (weekday average boardings){{MBTA Bluebook 2014}}
| pass_year = 2011
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=MBTA|line=Green|type=D|left=Waban|right=Newton Highlands}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York Central Railroad|line=highland branch|left=Waban|right=Newton Highlands}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|MBTA|Green}}
| mapframe-marker = rail-light
| mapframe-zoom = 14
}}
Eliot station is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line D branch located just north of Route 9 (Boylston Street) between the Newton Highlands and Newton Upper Falls villages of Newton, Massachusetts. The station has a parking lot at the end of Lincoln Street, a pedestrian entrance from Meredith Avenue, and pedestrian entrances from both sides of Route 9. A footbridge, built in 1977, crosses Route 9 adjacent to the railroad bridge. Eliot station was made accessible in October 2024; additional reconstruction is planned to begin in 2026.
History
File:Eliot station from Houghton collection.jpg
Eliot formerly boasted an H.H. Richardson-designed train station, like those still standing at {{bts|Newton Highlands}} and {{bts|Newton Centre}}. The original station was completed in late 1888 as part of the Boston and Albany Railroad's Highland branch and was one of the last stations designed by Richardson before his death in April 1886.{{cite journal |jstor=990324 |title=Architecture for the Boston & Albany Railroad: 1881-1894 |journal=Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians |first=Jeffrey Karl |last=Ochsner |volume=47 |issue=2 |date=June 1988 |pages=109–131 |doi=10.2307/990324}}
In June 1957, the Massachusetts Legislature approved the purchase of the branch by the M.T.A. from the nearly-bankrupt New York Central Railroad for conversion to a trolley line. Service ended on May 31, 1958.{{cite book |title=Boston's Commuter Rail: The First 150 Years |last1=Humphrey |first1=Thomas J.|last2=Clark |first2=Norton D. |publisher=Boston Street Railway Association |year=1985 |isbn=9780685412947 |pages=21–24}} The line was quickly converted for trolley service, and the line including Beaconsfield station reopened on July 4, 1959. The station building was demolished. The M.T.A. was folded into the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in August 1964.
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=Accessibility=
File:MBTA 3617 at Eliot station, March 2016.JPG
In 2019, the MBTA indicated that the four remaining non-accessible stops on the D branch were "Tier I" accessibility priorities.{{cite web |url=https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/fmcb-meeting-docs/2019/04-april/2019-04-01-fmcb-pati-accessible.pdf |work=Plan for Accessible Transit Infrastructure (PATI) |title=Preview of 2019 Recommendations: Presentation to the FMCB |page=12 |date=April 1, 2019 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}} A preliminary design contract for accessibility modifications at the four stations was issued in February 2021.{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319204214/https://www.mbta.com/projects/d-branch-station-accessibility-improvements |archivedate=March 19, 2021 |url=https://www.mbta.com/projects/d-branch-station-accessibility-improvements |title=D Branch Station Accessibility Improvements |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |access-date=March 23, 2021 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021-04-28-GLD-station-accessibility-public-meeting.pdf |title=D Branch Station Accessibility Improvements: Waban, Eliot, Chestnut Hill, Beaconsfield: Virtual Public Meeting |date=April 29, 2021 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}} Design reached 75% in June 2022 and was completed late that year.{{cite web |url=https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2022-06/2022-06-23-d-branch-accessibility-improvements-presentation.pdf |title=D Branch Station Accessibility Improvements: Beaconsfield, Chestnut Hill, Eliot, Waban: Public Meeting |date=June 23, 2022 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}}{{cite web |url=https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2022-12/2022-12-7-swa-initiatives-report-december-accessible.pdf |title=System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—December 2022 |date=December 6, 2022 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility |page=4}} Plans shown in March 2024 called for the platforms to be rebuilt in their existing configuration.{{cite web |url=https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2024-04/2024-03-14-green-line-d-branch-accessibility-upgrades.pdf |title=Green Line D Branch Accessibility Upgrades |date=March 14, 2024 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}}
By November 2023, construction was expected to be advertised in early 2024 and begin midyear.{{cite web |url=https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2023-11/2023-11-27-accessibility-initiatives.pdf |title=System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—November 2023 |date=November 27, 2023 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility |pages=3–4}} However, in June 2024, the MBTA indicated that the renovations at the four stations would be done in two phases. The first phase added sections of accessible platform similar to those previously installed at {{bts|Newton Highlands}}; some entrances were made accessible.{{cite web |url=https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2024-06/2024-06-Accessibility-Initiatives.pdf |title=Accessibility Initiatives—June 2024 |date=June 25, 2024 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |page=4}} Construction at the four stations took place primarily over the weekends of October 5–6 and 19–20, 2024, leaving them "generally accessible".{{cite press release |url=https://www.mbta.com/news/2024-09-18/october-service-changes-mbta-continues-repair-work-improve-reliability-across-the |title=October Service Changes: MBTA Continues Repair Work to Improve Reliability Across the System |date=September 18, 2024 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}}{{cite web |url=https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2024-10/GM%20Report%20to%20the%20Board%2010.24.2024%20v6.pdf |title=GM’s Report to the Board |date=October 24, 2024 |first=Phil |last=Eng |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}} The full renovations are expected to begin in 2026 to serve new Type 10 vehicles.{{cite web |url=https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2024-10-D-Branch-Station-Accessibility-Improvements-Fall-Construction-Update-Flyer.pdf |title=MBTA Green Line D Branch Station Accessibility Improvements |date=October 2024 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}}{{cite web |url=https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2024-12/2024-12-06-accessibility-initiatives.pdf |title=Accessibility Initiatives—December 2024 |date=December 6, 2024 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |page=4}}
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References
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External links
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- [https://www.mbta.com/stops/place-eliot MBTA - Eliot]
- Google Maps Street View: [https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3192867,-71.216647,3a,75y,183.34h,83.89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s05OdTSoONTvmy_K5z3b62A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Lincoln Street entrance], [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=42.318405,-71.215794&spn=0.003729,0.013518&z=17&layer=c&cbll=42.318405,-71.215794&panoid=8du8k_us8lQfrwpgOuvJwQ&cbp=12,346.07,,0,1.79 Boylston Street entrance]
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Category:Green Line (MBTA) stations
Category:Railway stations in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1959