Route 16 (MBTA station)

ROUTE 16
Potential future site (in the clump of trees at left) of the Route 16 station, photographed in July 2015
Location	Route 16 Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°25′0.85″N 71°7′39.11″W / 42.4169028°N 71.1275306°W / 42.4169028; -71.1275306Coordinates: 42°25′0.85″N 71°7′39.11″W / 42.4169028°N 71.1275306°W / 42.4169028; -71.1275306
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Green Line– "D" Branch
Platforms	1 island platform (Green Line)
Tracks	2 (Green Line) 2 (Lowell Line)
History
Opened	Post-2020 (proposed)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station College Avenue toward Riverside Green Line "D" Branch Terminus

Route 16 is a proposed station on the MBTA Green Line "D" Branch in Somerville, Massachusetts; it would be built as part of a future third phase of the Green Line Extension (GLX). Route 16 would consist of one island platform, which would serve the "D" Branch's two tracks. The station was dropped from the list of stations that will open in 2020, in favor of the "D" Branch terminating at College Avenue. The state successfully argued that this satisfied their legal commitment to mitigate the air pollution impact of the Big Dig by (among other projects) extending the Green Line to College Avenue station in Medford Hillside.

In 2011, the Boston MPO decided to allocate funding in the 2016-2020 time period for further extension of the Green Line from College Ave to Route 16. . However, this funding was reallocated to the main project after major cost overruns created a budget crisis. A Route 16 station is still in the state's plans, with environmental review proceeding, as of 2017.