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's West Roxbury Branch. A stone station building, similar to one constructed at
Mount Hope station
Mount Hope station was a railroad station on the Northeast Corridor in Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts. The station consisted of two separate depots on opposite sides of the tracks. The brick outbound depot was located just north of the Blakemor ...
the previous year, was built in 1885.
The MBTA expanded the parking lot in the early 1990s.
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References
External links
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
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