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Watertown Square (MBTA station)

Location
  
Watertown Square, Watertown, Massachusetts

Owned by
  
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Line(s)
  
MBTA Bus: 59, 70, 70A, 71

Watertown Square is the main square of Watertown, Massachusetts, located at the confluence of North Beacon Street and Main Street (US-20), Mt. Auburn Street (MA-16), Pleasant Street, Arsenal Street, and Charles River Road. The Armenian Library and Museum of America is located in the square; Watertown Dam is 1,000 feet (300 m) to the west.

MBTA Bus service

Watertown Square is a minor transfer point for MBTA Bus services. Two routes terminate at a two-lane bus loop that forms the west side of the square; the 71 is one of four trolleybus routes operated from the Harvard Bus Tunnel and a key bus route.

  • 59 Needham Junction - Watertown Square via Newtonville
  • 71 Watertown Square - Harvard Station via Mt. Auburn Street
  • Two additional routes pass on the north side of the square on US-20; they serve a westbound stop just north of Watertown Square, and an eastbound stop a block to the west.

  • 70 Cedarwood, Market Place Drive, or Central Square, Waltham - University Park
  • 70A North Waltham - University Park via Watertown Square and Central Square, Cambridge
  • Watertown Yard, located 300 feet (91 m) to the south across the Watertown Bridge, is also a bus transfer point. Trolleybus wires for the 71 run to Watertown Yard, which at times has been used as a depot for the trolleybuses. From June through December 1984, the 71 and 70 short turns were extended to Watertown Yard during reconstruction at the square.

    References

    Watertown Square (MBTA station) Wikipedia