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Location | Beaconsfield Road east of Dean Road Brookline, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°20′09″N 71°08′26″W / 42.33583°N 71.14056°W | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Highland branch | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Parking | 11 spaces | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 8 spaces | ||||||||||||
Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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Opened | February 1, 1907 (original station) July 4, 1959 (modern station) [1] | ||||||||||||
Closed | May 31, 1958 [2] | ||||||||||||
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2011 | 1,075 [3] | ||||||||||||
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Beaconsfield is an MBTA light rail station in Brookline, Massachusetts. It serves the Green Line D branch. It is located off Dean Road and Beaconsfield Road just south of Beacon Street. Like the other stops on the line, it was a commuter rail station on the Boston and Albany Railroad's Highland branch until 1958, when the line was closed and converted to a branch of what is now the Green Line. The station reopened along with the rest of the line in 1959. [1]
Beaconsfield is not accessible, as the low platforms do not permit level boarding. Beaconsfield station is located one block from Dean Road station on the C branch of the Green Line, offering an easy transfer point. The interchange is outside of fare control; passengers must still pay a second fare.
The Boston and Worcester Railroad opened a 1.4-mile (2.3 km) branch from Brookline Junction to Brookline on April 10, 1848. [2] The Charles River Branch Railroad extended the Brookline branch to Newton Upper Falls in November 1852 and to Needham in June 1853. [2] [4] The Boston and Albany Railroad bought back the line, then part of the New York and New England Railroad, in February 1883. It was double-tracked and extended to the B&A main at Riverside; "Newton Circuit" service via the Highland branch and the main line began on May 16, 1886. [2]
There was not originally a station on the line at Dean Road. In late 1906, transit magnate Henry Melville Whitney built a new station to serve his nearby Beaconsfield Hotel. [5] Work on the station began in October 1906 by the firm of Benjamin Fox. It was constructed in a heavy stone style similar to the Richardsonian Romanesque stations constructed elsewhere on the B&A system in the previous two decades. [6] [7] By November, the masonry was largely complete, the roof ready for tile, and the granolithic floor and 330-foot (100 m) platform ready to be poured. [8] The platform was poured in December 1906. [9] The new station opened on February 1, 1907. [10]
In June 1957, the Massachusetts Legislature approved the purchase of the branch by the M.T.A. from the nearly-bankrupt New York Central Railroad for conversion to a trolley line. Service ended on May 31, 1958. [2] The line was quickly converted for trolley service, and the line including Beaconsfield station reopened on July 4, 1959. [1] The 1906-built station was torn down to build a parking lot; a small wooden shelter was built on the inbound platform.
The M.T.A. was folded into the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in August 1964. [1] The station has not been substantially modified during the MBTA era, though a heated shelter for fare machines on the outbound side was added around 2006.
In 2019, the MBTA indicated that the four remaining non-accessible stops on the D branch were "Tier I" accessibility priorities. [11] A preliminary design contract for accessibility modifications at the four stations was issued in February 2021. [12] [13] The station platforms will be raised and rebuilt, the wood shelter repaired, and a path constructed under Dean Road to Waldstein Playground. [14] Design reached 75% in June 2022 and was completed late that year. [14] [15] As of November 2023 [update], construction is expected to be advertised in early 2024 and begin midyear. [16]
Beaconsfield | |||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||
Location | Beaconsfield Road east of Dean Road Brookline, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°20′09″N 71°08′26″W / 42.33583°N 71.14056°W | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Highland branch | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Parking | 11 spaces | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 8 spaces | ||||||||||||
Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | February 1, 1907 (original station) July 4, 1959 (modern station) [1] | ||||||||||||
Closed | May 31, 1958 [2] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2011 | 1,075 [3] | ||||||||||||
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Beaconsfield is an MBTA light rail station in Brookline, Massachusetts. It serves the Green Line D branch. It is located off Dean Road and Beaconsfield Road just south of Beacon Street. Like the other stops on the line, it was a commuter rail station on the Boston and Albany Railroad's Highland branch until 1958, when the line was closed and converted to a branch of what is now the Green Line. The station reopened along with the rest of the line in 1959. [1]
Beaconsfield is not accessible, as the low platforms do not permit level boarding. Beaconsfield station is located one block from Dean Road station on the C branch of the Green Line, offering an easy transfer point. The interchange is outside of fare control; passengers must still pay a second fare.
The Boston and Worcester Railroad opened a 1.4-mile (2.3 km) branch from Brookline Junction to Brookline on April 10, 1848. [2] The Charles River Branch Railroad extended the Brookline branch to Newton Upper Falls in November 1852 and to Needham in June 1853. [2] [4] The Boston and Albany Railroad bought back the line, then part of the New York and New England Railroad, in February 1883. It was double-tracked and extended to the B&A main at Riverside; "Newton Circuit" service via the Highland branch and the main line began on May 16, 1886. [2]
There was not originally a station on the line at Dean Road. In late 1906, transit magnate Henry Melville Whitney built a new station to serve his nearby Beaconsfield Hotel. [5] Work on the station began in October 1906 by the firm of Benjamin Fox. It was constructed in a heavy stone style similar to the Richardsonian Romanesque stations constructed elsewhere on the B&A system in the previous two decades. [6] [7] By November, the masonry was largely complete, the roof ready for tile, and the granolithic floor and 330-foot (100 m) platform ready to be poured. [8] The platform was poured in December 1906. [9] The new station opened on February 1, 1907. [10]
In June 1957, the Massachusetts Legislature approved the purchase of the branch by the M.T.A. from the nearly-bankrupt New York Central Railroad for conversion to a trolley line. Service ended on May 31, 1958. [2] The line was quickly converted for trolley service, and the line including Beaconsfield station reopened on July 4, 1959. [1] The 1906-built station was torn down to build a parking lot; a small wooden shelter was built on the inbound platform.
The M.T.A. was folded into the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in August 1964. [1] The station has not been substantially modified during the MBTA era, though a heated shelter for fare machines on the outbound side was added around 2006.
In 2019, the MBTA indicated that the four remaining non-accessible stops on the D branch were "Tier I" accessibility priorities. [11] A preliminary design contract for accessibility modifications at the four stations was issued in February 2021. [12] [13] The station platforms will be raised and rebuilt, the wood shelter repaired, and a path constructed under Dean Road to Waldstein Playground. [14] Design reached 75% in June 2022 and was completed late that year. [14] [15] As of November 2023 [update], construction is expected to be advertised in early 2024 and begin midyear. [16]