Highland station is an

MBTA Commuter Rail The MBTA Commuter Rail system serves as the commuter rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's transportation coverage of Greater Boston in the United States. Trains run over of track to 141 different stations, with 58 statio ...

station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the

Needham Line The Needham Line is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running west from downtown Boston, Massachusetts through Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, West Roxbury, and the town of Needham. The second-shortest line of the system at just ...

. It is located in the Bellevue Hill section of

West Roxbury West Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts bordered by Roslindale and Jamaica Plain to the northeast, the town of Brookline to the north, the cities and towns of Newton and Needham to the northwest and the town of Dedham to the ...

. The station has a mini-high platform for

accessibility Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design and practice of accessible development ensures both "direct access" (i. ...

. The station originally opened around 1855 on the

Boston and Providence Railroad The Boston and Providence Railroad was a railroad company in the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island which connected its namesake cities. It opened in two sections in 1834 and 1835 - one of the Rail transport in the United States, first rail ...

's West Roxbury Branch. A stone station building, similar to one constructed at Mount Hope station the previous year, was built in 1885. The MBTA expanded the parking lot in the early 1990s.

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MBTA - HighlandStation from Google Maps Street View
MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Boston Former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1855 {{Massachusetts-railstation-stub