Newton Center (MBTA station)

Newton Center (MBTA station)
NEWTON CENTER
Union Street in Newton Centre.jpg
Union Street from Newton Center Station
Station statistics
Address Langley Road
Newton Centre, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°19′42.07″N 71°11′39.99″W / 42.3283528°N 71.1944417°W / 42.3283528; -71.1944417Coordinates: 42°19′42.07″N 71°11′39.99″W / 42.3283528°N 71.1944417°W / 42.3283528; -71.1944417
Lines
  Green Line "D" branch
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened 1852
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
toward Riverside
 Green Line
"D" Branch

Newton Center is a surface-level streetcar station located in Newton Centre, Massachusetts on the Green Line "D" Branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Like the other surface level stations on the "D" Branch, it opened on July 4, 1959.

The first station at this site opened in 1852 on Langley Road as a part of the Charles River Railroad.[1] The 1880s Boston and Albany Railroad depot building was designed by H. H. Richardson in 1886, the year of his death, and was finished by Richardson’s successor firm of Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge.

The interior of the building used to house a Starbucks coffee shop containing a sign that indicated when a Boston-bound train arrived. However, the coffeehouse was closed in the fall of 2008 as part of Starbucks' restructuring campaign due to the economic recession.[2] The station is being renovated to house the Deluxe Station Diner, a satellite restaurant of the Deluxe Town Diner in Coolidge Square, Watertown, Massachusetts.[3]

The City of Newton spells the name of the village as "Newton Centre", in the English manner, while the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority spells its station "Newton Center" in the American manner.

See also

References

  1. ^ Discover Historic Newton Centre
  2. ^ Full List of U.S. Store Closure
  3. ^ http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/newton/2010/05/deluxe_diner_in_newton_centre.html

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