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College Avenue (MBTA station)

COLLEGE AVENUE
College Avenue station site, July 2015.JPG
Site of College Avenue station in July 2015
Location College Avenue at Boston Avenue
Medford, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°24′29.35″N 71°7′2.37″W / 42.4081528°N 71.1173250°W / 42.4081528; -71.1173250Coordinates: 42°24′29.35″N 71°7′2.37″W / 42.4081528°N 71.1173250°W / 42.4081528; -71.1173250
Owned by MBTA
Line(s)
Platforms 1 island platform (Green Line)
Tracks 2 (Lowell Line)
2 (Green Line)
Construction
Bicycle facilities "Pedal and Park" bicycle cage
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened November 1976 (Lowell Line)
2021 (Green Line - planned)
Closed October 1979 (Lowell Line)
Previous names Tufts University
Services
Preceding station   MBTA.svg MBTA   Following station
toward Riverside
Green Line Terminus
  Proposed services  
toward Riverside
Green Line
Terminus
  Former services  
Terminus
Lowell Line
Service ended 1979
toward Lowell or Woburn

College Avenue is a planned light rail station on the MBTA Green Line "D" Branch, to be located at College Avenue next to Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. It will be the northern terminus of the "D" Branch and is the final station on the second phase of the Green Line Extension. College Avenue will consist of one island platform, which will serve the "D" Branch's two tracks.

Previous commuter rail stations on what is now the Lowell Line were located nearby from the mid 19th century to the mid 20th century, and from 1976 to 1979.

The Boston and Lowell Railroad opened their namesake line in 1835, though local stops were not added immediately. By 1889, College Hill station was located on the north side of the tracks just west of College Avenue. By 1900, College Hill was replaced with Tufts College station, located on the opposite side of the tracks and slightly to the south at Pearson Street. Along with the other local stops in Somerville and Medford, Tufts College station was abandoned around 1950 due to competition from streetcars and buses.

In November 1976, the MBTA opened Tufts University station near the Tufts College station site. It was abandoned in October 1979 due to poor ridership.


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