Coolidge Corner
An outbound train at Coolidge Corner in February 2017
General information
Location	Beacon Street at Harvard Street Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°20′32″N 71°07′15″W / 42.34223°N 71.12089°W / 42.34223; -71.12089
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA bus: 66
Construction
Bicycle facilities	20 spaces
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	June 1, 1888
Rebuilt	1901; 2001
Passengers
2011	3,440 (weekday average boardings) [1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Summit Avenue toward Cleveland Circle Green Line C branch St. Paul Street toward Government Center
Location

Coolidge Corner station is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line C branch, located at the intersection of Beacon Street and Harvard Street in the Coolidge Corner neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts. With 3,440 daily boardings by a 2011 count, it had more than twice the ridership of any other surface station on the branch. ^[1]

History

Horsecar service on the Beacon Street line began between Coolidge Corner and downtown Boston on June 1, 1888. ^[2]: 54 Electrified service began between Allston and downtown Boston via Coolidge Corner on January 3, 1889. ^[2]: 48 Service was extended west from Coolidge Corner to Reservoir on January 12, and from Allston to Oak Square the next day. ^[2]: 56

On February 3, 1900, the Boston Elevated Railway (BERy) established Coolidge Corner as a designated transfer point, where passengers could transfer between the Reservoir and Oak Square branches. ^[3] The town approved the construction of shelters at the stop in November 1900, and they were completed in 1901. ^{[4] [5] [6]} Each is 20 feet (6.1 m) long with a 40-foot (12 m)-long canopy, made of white pine with a tile roof. ^[5] Similar shelters were built around 1912 at Brookline Village, but demolished in 1938. ^{[7] [8]} A 1911-built electrical substation designed by Peabody and Stearns is located in Coolidge Corner on Webster Street. ^[6]

In the early 2000s, the MBTA modified key surface stops with raised platforms for accessibility. Portable lifts were installed at Coolidge Corner around 2000 as a temporary measure. ^{[9] [10]} The platform modifications – part of a $32 million modification of thirteen B, C, and E branch stations – were completed in 2001. ^[11]

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. ^{[12] [13]}

In February 2024, the MBTA indicated long-term plans to replace the existing platforms with a longer island platform west of the Harvard Street grade crossing. ^[14]

References

External links

Media related to Coolidge Corner station at Wikimedia Commons

• MBTA – Coolidge Corner
• Station from Harvard Street from Google Maps Street View