Washington Square is a surface light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line C branch, located in the median of Beacon Street in the Washington Square neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts. Washington Square is the 4th-busiest surface stop on the line, with 1,091 daily boardings by a 2011 count.[1] The station has two side platforms serving two tracks.
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An inbound train at Washington Square station in April 2016 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Beacon Street at Washington Street Brookline, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°20′21.32″N 71°8′7.39″W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Rebuilt | c. 2002 | ||||||||||
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| 2011 | 1,091 (weekday average boardings)[1] | ||||||||||
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In the early 2000s, the MBTA modified key surface stops with raised platforms for accessibility. The renovation of Washington Square - part of a $32 million modification of thirteen B, C, and E branch stations - was completed by 2003.[2][3]
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.[4][5]
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