Summit Avenue station (MBTA Green Line C branch)

Summit Avenue
Summit Avenue
	Two trains at Summit Avenue station in 2012
Location	Beacon Street and Summit Avenue ; Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°20′27″N 71°07′31″W / 42.340946°N 71.125182°WCoordinates: 42°20′27″N 71°07′31″W / 42.340946°N 71.125182°W
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
History
Previous names	Winchester Street
Passengers
2011	945 (weekday average boardings)
Services

Summit Avenue station (announced as Winchester Street/Summit Avenue) is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line C branch, located in the median of Beacon Street between Winchester Street and Summit Avenue in the Coolidge Corner neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts. The stop has two low side platforms that serve the line's two tracks; it is not accessible.

History[]

Until around 2004, the station was listed as Winchester Street to avoid confusion with Summit Avenue stop on the B branch.^[2] The B branch stop was closed as part of a pilot program in April 2004 (after which the C branch stop became Summit Avenue) and permanently closed the following March.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Track work in 2018–19, which included replacement of platform edges at several stops, triggered requirements for accessibility modifications at those stops. As of May 2021, the MBTA expects construction at Summit Avenue and seven other C Branch stations to begin in 2023–24.^[6]

References[]

^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
^ "Green Line/Train C". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on April 4, 2004.
^ "Green Line B Branch Service Enhancements" (PDF). TRANSreport. Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization. May 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2011.
^ Daniel, Mac (16 March 2005). "T drops 4 Green Line stops after results of rider survey". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on March 18, 2005.
^ "Green Line/Train C". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on June 3, 2004.
^ Brelsford, Laura (May 24, 2021). "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—May 2021" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. p. 4.