Nantasket Junction (MBTA station)
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NANTASKET JUNCTION
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| Location | 190 Summer Street Hingham, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°14′42.72″N 70°52′11.28″W / 42.2452000°N 70.8698000°WCoordinates: 42°14′42.72″N 70°52′11.28″W / 42.2452000°N 70.8698000°W | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 495 spaces ($4.00 fee) 9 accessible spaces |
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | October 31, 2007 | ||||||||||
| Closed | June 30, 1959 | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2013) | 381 (weekday average boardings) | ||||||||||
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Nantasket Junction is a commuter rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Greenbush Line, located off Chief Justice Cushing Highway east of downtown Hingham, Massachusetts. It consists of a single side platform serving the line's one track. The station is fully handicapped accessible.
The New Haven Railroad abandoned its remaining Old Colony Division lines on June 30, 1959, after the completion of the Southeast Expressway.Nantasket Junction station (also known as Old Colony House) was located at Summer Street at the wye with the Nantasket Beach Railroad.
The MBTA reopened the Greenbush Line on October 31, 2007, with Nantasket Junction station located at the former station site. The parking lot is located on the land formerly inside the wye.
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