PACKARDS CORNER
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Station platforms facing outbound in April 2015
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Location | Commonwealth Avenue at Brighton Avenue Allston, Boston, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°21′7.51″N 71°7′29″W / 42.3520861°N 71.12472°WCoordinates: 42°21′7.51″N 71°7′29″W / 42.3520861°N 71.12472°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | MBTA | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | MBTA Bus: 57, 57A | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Passengers (2011) | 2,654 (weekday average boardings) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Packards Corner (announced as Brighton Avenue/Packards Corner) is a station on the MBTA's Green Line "B" Branch located at Packard's Corner - the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Brighton Avenue - in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. The station is located in a median between the westbound through and parking lanes of Commonwealth Avenue.
The Green Line "A" Branch formerly diverged just north of the platforms; its trolleys stopped at a separate Packards Corner stop at Malvern Road. The "A" Branch was closed on June 21, 1969, though it was kept intact for non-revenue moves to Watertown Yard. The line was finally abandoned in 1994; a several-hundred-foot stub track was left until the mid-2000s to temporarily store disabled trains. The switch and the last few feet of track were not disconnected until track work in 2014.
A Boston College-bound (future "B" Branch) train at Packards Corner in 1965
Former "A" Branch turnout switch in 2011