Beaconsfield (MBTA station)

BEACONSFIELD

Facing inbound at Beaconsfield station in November 2015

Location

Beaconsfield Road
Brookline, Massachusetts

Coordinates

42°20′09″N 71°08′26″W / 42.33583°N 71.14056°WCoordinates: 42°20′09″N 71°08′26″W / 42.33583°N 71.14056°W

Owned by

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Line(s)

Green Line– "D" Branch

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Construction

Bicycle facilities

8 spaces

History

Opened

1907 (original station)
July 4, 1959 (modern station)

Closed

May 31, 1958

Traffic

Passengers (2011)

1,075

Services

Preceding station		MBTA		Following station
Reservoir toward Riverside		Green Line "D" Branch		Brookline Hills toward Government Center

Beaconsfield is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line "D" Branch, located off Dean Road and Beaconsfield Road just south of Beacon Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. Like the other stops on the line, it was formerly a commuter rail station on the Boston and Albany Railroad's Highland Branch, which was closed and converted to a branch of the Green Line. The station reopened along with the rest of the line in 1959.

Beaconsfield is not handicapped accessible; the low platforms do not permit level boarding. Beaconsfield station is located one block from Dean Road station on the "C" Branch of the Green Line, offering an easy transfer point. The interchange is outside of fare control; passengers must still pay a second fare. The station has no MBTA Bus connections.

The Boston and Worcester Railroad opened a 1.4-mile (2.3 km) branch from Brookline Junction to Brookline on April 10, 1848. The Charles River Branch Railroad extended the Brookline Branch to Newton Upper Falls in November 1852 and to Needham in June 1853. The Boston and Albany Railroad bought back the line, then part of the New York and New England Railroad, in February 1883. It was double-tracked and extended to the B&A main at Riverside; "Newton Circuit" service via the Highland Branch and the main line began on May 16, 1886.

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