Brandon Hall station is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line C branch in Brookline, Massachusetts. The station's name is an anachronism, as it was named for Brandon Hall, a large hotel built in 1904 just south of the station which burned down on April 26, 1946, after housing 400 SPARS during World War II.[2][3][4]
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 Brandon Hall station in May 2019 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1481 Beacon Street Brookline, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°20′23″N 71°07′46″W / 42.339683°N 71.129327°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| 2011 | 356 (weekday average boardings)[1] | ||||||||||
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Brandon Hall station has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. It is not accessible, although a wheelchair lift allows accessible passage between the two elevations of the two halves of Beacon Street at the station. With 356 daily passengers by a 2011 count, Brandon Hall was the second-least-used stop on the C branch after Hawes Street.[1]
Track work in 2018–19, which included replacement of platform edges at several stops, triggered requirements for accessibility modifications at those stops.[5] Design work for Brandon Hall and seven other C Branch stations was 15% complete by December 2022.[6] As of November 2023[update], construction is expected to take place from mid-2025 to spring 2026.[7] Designs shown in February 2024 called for Fairbanks Street and Brandon Hall stations to be consolidated into a single station between their present locations. Accessible ramps to the north side of Beacon Street would be built at Lancaster Terrace and Mason Path.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
- ^ Denehy, John William (1906). A history of Brookline, Massachusetts, from the first settlement of Muddy River until the present time. The Brookline Press Company. p. 174 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Flames Raze Brandon Hall". Boston Globe. April 26, 1946. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "State Marshal Probes Fire at Brandon Hall". Boston Globe. April 27, 1946. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Brelsford, Laura (May 24, 2021). "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—May 2021" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. pp. 4–5.
- ^ "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—December 2022" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. December 6, 2022. pp. 4–5.
- ^ "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—November 2023" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. November 27, 2023. pp. 4–5.
- ^ "Green Line C Branch Accessibility Upgrades" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. February 15, 2024.
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