West Hingham station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Hingham, Massachusetts. It serves the Greenbush Line. It consists of a single side platform serving the line's one track. The station is fully accessible.
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 West Hingham station in November 2007 | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 20 Fort Hill Street Hingham, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°14′12.12″N 70°54′11.16″W / 42.2367000°N 70.9031000°W | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Greenbush Branch | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 214 spaces ($4.00 fee) | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | October 31, 2007[1] | ||||||||||||
| Closed | June 30, 1959 | ||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 325 (weekday average boardings)[2] | ||||||||||||
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History
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The South Shore Railroad opened between Braintree and Cohasset on January 1, 1849. A station at West Hingham opened by 1867.[3] It was located north of the South Street level crossing.[4] The South Shore Railroad was acquired by the Old Colony Railroad in 1877; the Old Colony was in turn acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1893.
The New Haven Railroad abandoned its remaining Old Colony Division lines on June 30, 1959, after the completion of the Southeast Expressway.[1]
The MBTA reopened the Greenbush Line on October 31, 2007, with West Hingham station located south of South Street where room for a parking lot was available.[1] A downtown Hingham station was not possible due to the narrow tunnel constructed to avoid level crossings in Hingham Square, so West Hingham and Nantasket Junction stations both serve Hingham.
Solar panels were installed over the parking lot in 2018 – one of the first three of a planned 37 such installations at MBTA parking lots – though activation was delayed by a dispute between the MBTA and the utility over liability.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
- ^ Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
- ^ Snow's Pathfinder Railway Guide. New England Railway Publishing Company. 1867. p. 9.
- ^ "Village of Hingham, Mass". Atlas of Plymouth County, Massachusetts. George H. Walker & Co. 1879 – via Ward Maps.
- ^ DiFazio, Joe (November 17, 2018). "MBTA turns to solar arrays at South Shore train stations". Patriot Ledger. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
External links
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