Fenway (MBTA station)

FENWAY
A Type 8 trolley at Fenway station in May 2015
Location	Park Drive near The Riverway Boston, Massachusetts
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Green Line "D" Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA Bus: 47, CT2
Construction
Bicycle facilities	18 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	July 4, 1959
Previous names	Fenway Park
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	3,488 (weekday average boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Longwood toward Riverside Green Line "D" Branch Kenmore toward Government Center

Fenway is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line "D" Branch, located under Park Drive near the Riverway in the Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It opened along with the rest of the D Branch on July 4, 1959, when trolleys replaced Highland Branch commuter rail service. The station is fully handicapped accessible from Park Drive via the Landmark Center parking lot as well as from Miner Street.

Named after the Fenway parkway rather than Fenway Park, it is not the nearest station to the stadium - Yawkey commuter rail and Kenmore Green Line station are closer. Nevertheless, it is heavily used during Red Sox home games and other Fenway Park events.

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, keeping the original B&W station for its service.

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. No station was located at what is now Park Drive; the nearest stations were Chapel and later Longwood to the west, and Brookline Junction to the east.