Owned by MBTA Connections MBTA Bus: 57, 57A Platforms in use 2 | Line(s) Green Line– "B" Branch Connection MBTA Bus Tracks 2 | |
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Location Commonwealth Avenue at Brighton Avenue
Allston, Boston, Massachusetts Passengers (2011) 2,654 (weekday average boardings) Address Boston, MA 02134, United States Owner Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Similar Babcock Street, Harvard Avenue, Griggs Street / Long Ave, Pleasant Street, St Paul Street | ||
Packards Corner (announced as Brighton Avenue/Packards Corner) is a station on the MBTA's Green Line "B" Branch located at Packard's Corner - the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Brighton Avenue - in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. The station is located in a median between the westbound through and parking lanes of Commonwealth Avenue.
History
The Green Line "A" Branch formerly diverged just north of the platforms; its trolleys stopped at a separate Packards Corner stop at Malvern Road. The "A" Branch was closed on June 21, 1969, though it was kept intact for non-revenue moves to Watertown Yard. The line was finally abandoned in 1994; a several-hundred-foot stub track was left until the mid-2000s to temporarily store disabled trains. The switch and the last few feet of track were not disconnected until track work in 2014.