Nantasket Junction station

Nantasket Junction is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Hingham, Massachusetts. It serves the Greenbush Line. It is located off Chief Justice Cushing Highway east of downtown Hingham. It consists of a single side platform serving the line's one track. The station is fully accessible.

Nantasket Junction
Nantasket Junction station in November 2007
Location190 Summer Street
Hingham, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°14′42.72″N 70°52′11.28″W
Owned byMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)Greenbush Branch
Nantasket Beach Branch (former)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Parking495 spaces ($4.00 fee)
9 accessible spaces
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone4
History
OpenedOctober 31, 2007[1]
ClosedJune 30, 1959 (previous station)
Previous namesOld Colony House
Traffic
Passengers (2018)218 (weekday average boardings)[2]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
West Hingham
toward South Station
 Greenbush Line Cohasset
toward Greenbush
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Hingham
toward Boston
 South Shore Line North Cohasset
toward Greenbush

History

The New Haven Railroad abandoned its remaining Old Colony Division lines on June 30, 1959, after the completion of the Southeast Expressway.[1] Nantasket Junction station (also known as Old Colony House) was located at Summer Street at the wye with the Nantasket Beach Railroad.[3]

The MBTA reopened the Greenbush Line on October 31, 2007, with Nantasket Junction station located at the former station site.[1] The parking lot is located on the land formerly inside the wye.

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References
  1. Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit.
  2. Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  3. "Town on Hingham, Plymouth County". New Topographical Atlas of Surveys of Plymouth County, MA. 1903.

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