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Needham Line
Needham Line train #614 leaving the Forest Hills station inbound to South Station.Overview Type Commuter rail System MBTA Commuter Rail Locale Greater Boston Termini Needham Heights
South StationStations 11 Daily ridership 7,604[1] Operation Owner MBTA Operator(s) MBCR Technical Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) The Needham Line is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running west from downtown Boston, Massachusetts through the Boston neighborhoods of Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, West Roxbury, and the town of Needham.
Operating weekdays and Saturdays, the station stops (from South Station) are: Back Bay, Ruggles, Forest Hills, Roslindale Village, Bellevue, Highland, West Roxbury, Hersey, Needham Junction, Needham Center, and Needham Heights.
The line was built in 1906 as a cutoff to the Dedham Branch of the Boston and Providence Rail Road and purchased by the MBTA in 1973.
When the plans to replace the Washington Street Elevated were drawn up in the 1960s, the new rapid transit Orange Line was planned to continue past Forest Hills to Needham Heights. However, as the project was stalled over the next few decades, funding was only found to complete the replacement portion to Forest Hills in 1987. During construction (1979 to 1987), the line was closed entirely.
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(List of stations)Blue Line • Green Line ("B" Branch · "C" Branch · "D" Branch · "E" Branch) • Orange Line • Red Line (Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line)
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(List of stations)Fairmount • Fitchburg • Framingham/Worcester • Franklin • Greenbush • Haverhill • Kingston/Plymouth • Lowell • Middleborough/Lakeville • Needham • Newburyport/Rockport • Providence/StoughtonBus routes
(List of routes)Silver Line • Crosstown routes • Key routes • Trackless trolleys • Routes in East Boston, Chelsea, and Revere • Routes in Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, and Wakefield • MBTA bus routes in North Shore, Massachusetts • Routes in South BostonUnder construction South Coast RailProposed lines Green Line Extension • North–South Rail Link • Urban Ring ProjectFormer lines Other Accessibility • Arts on the Line • Boat • Boston-area streetcar lines • "Charlie on the M.T.A." • CharlieCard • History • Police • Nomenclature • Newton rail accident • The RideCategories:- MBTA Commuter Rail
- New York and New England Railroad lines
- Rail infrastructure in Massachusetts
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