Brandon Hall station

Light rail station in Brookline, Massachusetts, US
42°20′23″N 71°07′46″W / 42.339683°N 71.129327°W / 42.339683; -71.129327Platforms2 side platformsTracks2Passengers2011356 (weekday average boardings)[1] Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Fairbanks Street
toward Cleveland Circle
 Green Line Summit Avenue
toward Government Center
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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]

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

  1. ^ a b "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Flames Raze Brandon Hall". Boston Globe. April 26, 1946. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "State Marshal Probes Fire at Brandon Hall". Boston Globe. April 27, 1946. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ Brelsford, Laura (May 24, 2021). "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—May 2021" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. pp. 4–5.
  6. ^ "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—December 2022" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. December 6, 2022. pp. 4–5.
  7. ^ "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—November 2023" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. November 27, 2023. pp. 4–5.
  8. ^ "Green Line C Branch Accessibility Upgrades" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. February 15, 2024.

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