Coolidge Corner station
Light rail station in Brookline, Massachusetts, US
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Coolidge Corner station is a light rail stop on the Green Line C branch of the MBTA subway system, 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. Coolidge Corner station is accessible, with raised platforms to accommodate low-floor light rail vehicles.[2]
Brookline, Massachusetts
Coolidge Corner | |||||||||||
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An outbound train at Coolidge Corner in 2024 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Beacon Street at Harvard Street Brookline, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42.3422°N 71.1213°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  MBTA bus: 66 Flixbus[1] | ||||||||||
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Cycle facilities | 20 spaces | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | June 1, 1888 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1901; 2001 | ||||||||||
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| 2011 | 3,440 daily boardings[2] | ||||||||||
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History
Horsecar service on the Beacon Street line began between Coolidge Corner and downtown Boston on June 1, 1888.[3]: 54 Electrified service began between Allston and downtown Boston via Coolidge Corner on January 3, 1889.[3]: 48 Service was extended west from Coolidge Corner to Reservoir on January 12, and from Allston to Oak Square the next day.[3]: 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.[4] The town approved the construction of shelters at the stop in November 1900, and they were completed in 1901.[5][6][7] Each is 20 feet (6.1 m) long with a 40-foot (12 m)-long canopy, made of white pine with a tile roof.[6] Similar shelters were built around 1912 at Brookline Village, but demolished in 1938.[8][9] A 1911-built electrical substation designed by Peabody and Stearns is located in Coolidge Corner on Webster Street.[7]
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.[10][11] The platform modifications – part of a $32 million modification of thirteen B, C, and E branch stations – were completed in 2001.[12]
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.[13][14]
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.[15]
