Nantasket Junction (MBTA station)

NANTASKET JUNCTION
Location	190 Summer Street Hingham, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°14′42.72″N 70°52′11.28″W / 42.2452000°N 70.8698000°WCoordinates: 42°14′42.72″N 70°52′11.28″W / 42.2452000°N 70.8698000°W
Line(s)	Greenbush Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	495 spaces, rate $4.00, 9 accessible spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Closed	1959
Rebuilt	October 31, 2007
Traffic
Passengers	272 avg. weekday[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station West Hingham toward South Station Greenbush Line Cohasset toward Greenbush

Nantasket Junction Station is a rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail system in Hingham, Massachusetts. The station, located at 190 Summer Street, is the seventh of ten along the MBTA's Greenbush Line, which provides service between Scituate and Boston. The line, which reopened on October 31, 2007, was part of the Old Colony Railroad, which had been abandoned since 1959. The station features a full length high level side platform like all the other stations on the Greenbush line. The parking lot is accessed via Summer Street. Also in keeping with the character of the Greenbush line, there is a walkway from the west end of the platform adjacent to the tracks 300 feet to Kilby Street as is common with many stations on this line. According to the MBTA, this station gets an average of 272 inbound boardings on a typical weekday.^[1] It is 18.3 miles to South Station, and 9.3 miles to Greenbush.^[1]

References

1. "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). 2009. Retrieved 2010-10-20.

• "MBTA > Commuter Rail > Nantasket Junction Station". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2008-01-01.

External links

• MBTA Greenbush Line