Longwood (MBTA station)

LONGWOOD
An outbound train at Longwood station in May 2011
Location	Chapel Street Brookline, MA
Coordinates	42°20′30″N 71°06′36″W / 42.34167°N 71.11000°W / 42.34167; -71.11000Coordinates: 42°20′30″N 71°06′36″W / 42.34167°N 71.11000°W / 42.34167; -71.11000
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Green Line "D" branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	11 spaces
Bicycle facilities	15 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	July 4, 1959
Rebuilt	Q2 2009
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	2,719 (weekday average boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Brookline Village toward Riverside Green Line "D" Branch Fenway toward Government Center

Longwood is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line "D" Branch, located on Chapel Street in Brookline, Massachusetts just north of Longwood Avenue. It serves the western end of the Longwood Medical Area, the Colleges of the Fenway, and residential areas of Brookline. The station opened with the rest of the line on July 4, 1959. After renovation work completed in 2009, Longwood station is fully handicapped accessible from both Chapel Street and Riverway Park.

The Boston and Worcester Railroad opened a 1.4-mile (2.3 km) branch from Brookline Junction to Brookline on April 10, 1848. There was one intermediate stations on the branch - Longwood just south of Longwood Avenue. 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 Sears Chapel was built in 1861 and the Church of Our Savior in 1868; sometime that decade Chapel station was opened as a flag stop located at Carlton Street. 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.