Egleston (MBTA station)

EGLESTON
Egleston station in October 1908, a year before opening
Location	Washington Street at Columbus Avenue Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°18′57.26″N 71°5′53.53″W / 42.3159056°N 71.0982028°W / 42.3159056; -71.0982028Coordinates: 42°18′57.26″N 71°5′53.53″W / 42.3159056°N 71.0982028°W / 42.3159056; -71.0982028
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Orange Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
History
Opened	November 22, 1909
Closed	30 April 1987
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Green toward Forest Hills Orange Line Closed 1987 Dudley Square toward Oak Grove

Egleston was a rapid transit station on the Washington Street Elevated, part of the MBTA's Orange Line. It was located over Egleston Square at the intersection of Washington Street and Columbus Avenue in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The station opened in November 1909, and was closed in April 1987 when the Orange Line was rerouted to the west along the Southwest Corridor.

The Boston Elevated Railway constructed the Washington Street Elevated from downtown Boston to Dudley Street Terminal in 1901; an extension to Forest Hills station was approved on January 4, 1904 and began construction on May 2, 1906. Construction of the elevated structure proceeded southbound and reached Egleston Square on August 20, 1906, although construction on the station did not start until 1907 because of delays in the design. The extension opened on November 22, 1909 with Egleston as the sole new intermediate station; Green Street to the south was added as an infill station in 1912.

The architectural design of the station was similar to the earlier stations designed by A.W. Longfellow Jr. at Dover and Northampton, with most exterior surfaces sheathed in copper, although it is not believed that Longfellow designed the station. Its structural design incorporated improvements over the older stations, including the first use of reinforced concrete on the Elevated. The waiting room was suspended below the steel elevated structure, which allowed it to be larger than the between-the-tracks waiting rooms at Dover and Northampton. Anticipating use of eight-car trains due to higher than expected ridership, the station was built with 350-foot (110 m) side platforms rather than a 160-foot (49 m) island platform.