Washington Square station (MBTA)

Washington Square
Washington Square
	An inbound train at Washington Square station in April 2016
Location	Beacon Street at Washington Street; Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°20′21.32″N 71°8′7.39″W / 42.3392556°N 71.1353861°WCoordinates: 42°20′21.32″N 71°8′7.39″W / 42.3392556°N 71.1353861°W
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA bus: 65
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Rebuilt	c. 2002
Passengers
2011	1,091 (weekday average boardings)
Services

Washington Square is a surface light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line C branch, located in the median of Beacon Street in the Washington Square neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts. Washington Square is the 4th-busiest surface stop on the line, with 1,091 daily boardings by a 2011 count.^[1]

History[]

An outbound train at the station in 1987

In the early 2000s, the MBTA modified key surface stops with raised platforms for accessibility. The renovation of Washington Square - part of a $32 million modification of thirteen B, C, and E branch stations - was completed by 2003.^[2]^[3]

The MBTA added wooden mini-high platforms, allowing level boarding on older Type 7 LRVs, at eight Green Line stations in 2006–07 as part of the settlement of Joanne Daniels-Finegold, et al. v. MBTA. Coolidge Corner and Washington Square were originally to have one mini-high platform apiece as well; however, portable lifts were added at the stations instead.^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
^ "Subway Service". Ridership and Service Statistics. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. October 2003. p. 2.19 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Planned Accessibility Projects - On Board the Green Line". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2004.
^ "Settlement Agreement" (PDF). Joanne Daniels-Finegold et al. v. MBTA. April 10, 2006. pp. 10–11.
^ "Green Line Stations Upgraded to Improve Accessibility" (PDF). TRANSReport. Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization. June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2011.