Reservoir (MBTA station)

RESERVOIR
Platforms at Reservoir station in May 2016
Location	Chestnut Hill Avenue near Clinton Road Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°20′07″N 71°8′53″W / 42.33528°N 71.14806°W / 42.33528; -71.14806Coordinates: 42°20′07″N 71°8′53″W / 42.33528°N 71.14806°W / 42.33528; -71.14806
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Green Line "D" branch
Platforms	4 side platforms (2 used in regular service)
Tracks	4 (2 used in regular service)
Construction
Bicycle facilities	8 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	November 1852 (commuter rail) July 4, 1959 (light rail)
Closed	May 31, 1958 (commuter rail)
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	3,404 (weekday average boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Chestnut Hill toward Riverside Green Line "D" Branch Beaconsfield toward Government Center

Reservoir is a surface station on the MBTA's Green Line "D" Branch, located on the border of Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts near Cleveland Circle. The station is adjacent to Reservoir Yard and Carhouse, with the Cleveland Circle terminus of the "C" Branch just a block away. With a daily ridership of 3,395, Reservoir is the second-busiest surface stop on the "D' Branch (after Brookline Village).

Reservoir station is handicapped accessible, with raised platforms to accommodate low-floor trams.

Brighton Street opened as a commuter rail station on the Charles River Branch Railroad (by then merged into the Charles River Railroad) in November 1852. The station was located on the north side of the tracks east of Brighton Street (later Chestnut Hill Avenue). The station was moved west of Chestnut Hill Avenue and renamed Reservoir around the time the Chestnut Hill Reservoir opened in 1870. In 1883, the Boston and Albany Railroad bought the line between Brookline Junction and Cook Junction and extended it to Reservoir as its Highland Branch, running Newton Circuit service beginning in 1886. A Richardsonian Romanesque station building, designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, opened in 1888 near the original station location.

On May 31, 1958, the line was closed for rebuilding; it reopened on July 4, 1959 as a branch of the M.T.A. streetcar system. The 1888 station building was removed to make space for the new station and connecting yard tracks. When the line was converted for light rail use, it was assumed that most traffic would come from the inner part of the line, and thus an overhead loop was built connecting the line to Chestnut Hill Avenue. However, the outer half of the line proved more popular than expected, and Reservoir short turns were later reduced, with some extra short turn service remaining at times during rush hour.