Owned by MBTA Connection MBTA Bus Platforms in use 1 | Parking 53 spaces ($0.75/hr) Opened 1842 Tracks 2 | |
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Location 770 Washington StreetNewtonville, Massachusetts Connections MBTA Bus: 59, 553, 554, 556 Bicycle facilities Non-MBTA rack available on Washington Street Address Newton, MA 02460, United States Owner Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | ||
Newtonville is a commuter rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Framingham/Worcester Line, located between the Massachusetts Turnpike and Washington Street at Newtonville Square in the village of Newtonville in Newton, Massachusetts. Stairway entrances are located on the bridges over the Turnpike at Walnut Street and Harvard Street. Newtonville station is not handicapped accessible. The nearest accessible station is West Natick.
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History
Hulls Crossing station opened as a flag stop on the Boston and Worcester Railroad in 1842. It was first located on the south side of the tracks on the west side of Harvard Street, then later moved to the east side.
A red brick station was constructed slightly to the east in the 1870s, one of a small number of B&A stations built that decade. It ultimately became the first stop outside Boston for long-distance trains on the Boston and Albany Railroad. After Amtrak took over intercity service in 1971, the Bay State briefly stopped at Newtonville.
The present station has one active side platform next to the southern track (Turnpike side); The far track can be boarded by standing on the near track on a wooden crossing, as is occasionally done when the southern track is closed for repairs. A second platform, now abandoned, sits aside the northern track. Both platforms are low level.
Bus connections
Newtonville is served by one local MBTA Bus route on Walnut Street, and three express routes on Washington Street: