Newtonville (MBTA station)

NEWTONVILLE
An outbound train arriving at Newtonville at night
Location	770 Washington Street Newtonville, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°21′06″N 71°12′19″W / 42.35170°N 71.20525°W / 42.35170; -71.20525Coordinates: 42°21′06″N 71°12′19″W / 42.35170°N 71.20525°W / 42.35170; -71.20525
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Framingham/Worcester Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA Bus: 59, 553, 554, 556
Construction
Parking	53 spaces ($0.75/hr)
Bicycle facilities	Non-MBTA rack available on Washington Street
Disabled access	no
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1842
Previous names	Hull's Crossing
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	293 (weekday inbound average)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station West Newton toward Worcester Framingham/Worcester Line Boston Landing toward South Station   Former services   New York Central Railroad Framingham toward Albany Boston and Albany Railroad Main Line Trinity Place toward Boston West Newton toward Worcester Worcester Line Newton toward Boston

Newtonville is a commuter rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Framingham/Worcester Line, located between the Massachusetts Turnpike and Washington Street at Newtonville Square in the village of Newtonville in Newton, Massachusetts. Stairway entrances are located on the bridges over the Turnpike at Walnut Street and Harvard Street. Newtonville station is not handicapped-accessible; the nearest accessible commuter rail station is Boston Landing.

Hulls Crossing station opened as a flag stop on the Boston and Worcester Railroad in 1842. It was first located on the south side of the tracks on the west side of Harvard Street, then later moved to the east side.

A red brick station was constructed slightly to the east in the 1870s, one of a small number of B&A stations built that decade. It ultimately became the first stop outside Boston for long-distance trains on the Boston and Albany Railroad. After Amtrak took over intercity service in 1971, the Bay State briefly stopped at Newtonville.

The present station has one active side platform next to the southern track (Turnpike side); trains on the far track can be boarded by standing on the near track on a wooden crossing, as is occasionally done when the southern track is closed for repairs. A second platform, now abandoned, sits aside the northern track. Both platforms are low level.

Newtonville is served by one local MBTA Bus route on Walnut Street, and three express routes on Washington Street: