Eliot (MBTA station)

ELIOT

Inbound train at Eliot in March 2016
Location Lincoln Street near Boylston Street
Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°19′08″N 71°12′59″W / 42.31889°N 71.21639°W / 42.31889; -71.21639Coordinates: 42°19′08″N 71°12′59″W / 42.31889°N 71.21639°W / 42.31889; -71.21639
Owned by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)
  Green Line– "D" Branch
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections MBTA Bus: 59
Construction
Parking 55 spaces ($6.00 daily)
Bicycle facilities 8 spaces
History
Opened July 4, 1959[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 814 (weekday average boardings)[2]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
toward Riverside
Green Line

Eliot 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 Street, and pedestrian entrances from both sides of Route 9. A footbridge, built in 1977, crosses Route 9 adjacent to the railroad bridge.

Station layout

G
Street/
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Outbound ← "D" Branch toward Riverside (Waban)
Inbound → "D" Branch toward Government Center (Newton Highlands) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Bus connections

One MBTA Bus route, the 59 Needham Junction - Watertown Square via Newtonville, stops two blocks to the east at Woodward Street.[3] Although the connection is announced on both modes, Newton Highlands one stop to the east offers a closer connection between the two services.

References

  1. ↑ Belcher, Jonathan (19 March 2016). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2016" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Eliot Station Neighborhood Map" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. April 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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