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MBTA Commuter Rail is the commuter rail system for the Greater Boston metropolitan area of Massachusetts. It is owned by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and operated under contract by Keolis. In 2022, it was the fifth-busiest commuter rail system in the United States with an average weekday ridership of 78,800. [1]
The Needham Line is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running west from downtown Boston, Massachusetts through Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, West Roxbury, and the town of Needham. The second-shortest line of the system at just 13.7 miles (22.0 km) long, it carried 4,881 daily riders in October 2022.
Needham Line: South Station Needham Heights: 12 13.7 miles (22.0 km) 4,881 Framingham/Worcester Line: South Station Worcester: 18 44.2 miles (71.1 km) 10,606 Fitchburg Line: North Station Wachusett: 19 (1 closed) 53.7 miles (86.4 km) 4,829 Lowell Line: North Station Lowell: 9 (2 closed) 25.5 miles (41.0 km) 6,485 Haverhill Line: North Station ...
Averaging over 24,000 weekday boardings in 2019, South Station is the busiest MBTA subway station. Park Street station is a busy transfer point for the Green Line and Red Line JFK/UMass station is one of several transfer points between the subway and Commuter Rail systems.
Needham Junction station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Needham, Massachusetts. It serves the Needham Line. It is located on Junction Street near Chestnut Street in the southwestern part of Needham. It opened in 1906 when the New Haven Railroad built the Needham Cutoff to connect the Charles River Railroad to its main line.
The station was closed with the rest of the line on October 13, 1979, due to Southwest Corridor construction. [2] On March 21, 1980, the Massachusetts Legislature directed the MBTA to rename the station to honor Needham selectman Henry D. Hersey, "an outstanding spokesman for commuter rail service in the commonwealth". [6]
Highland station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the Needham Line. It is located in the Bellevue Hill section of West Roxbury. The station has a mini-high platform for accessibility. The station originally opened around 1855 on the Boston and Providence Railroad's West Roxbury Branch.
Roslindale Village station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station on the Needham Line, located in the Roslindale Square business district of the Roslindale neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. The station has a single side platform serving the line's single track, with a mini-high platform for accessibility. Roslindale Square is an important bus ...