Nantasket Junction 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 stati ...

station in Hingham, Massachusetts. It serves the

Greenbush Line The Greenbush Line is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system which serves the South Shore region of Massachusetts. The line runs from downtown Boston, Massachusetts through the cities and towns of Quincy, Weymouth, Hingham, Cohasset, an ...

. It is located off Chief Justice Cushing Highway east of downtown Hingham. It consists of a single side platform serving the line's one track. The station is fully

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History

The

New Haven Railroad The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad , commonly known as The Consolidated, or simply as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated in the New England region of the United States from 1872 to December 31, 1968. Founded by the merger of ...

abandoned its remaining Old Colony Division lines on June 30, 1959, after the completion of the Southeast Expressway. Nantasket Junction station (also known as Old Colony House) was located at Summer Street at the wye with the Nantasket Beach Railroad. The

MBTA The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network i ...

reopened the Greenbush Line on October 31, 2007, with Nantasket Junction station located at the former station site. The parking lot is located on the land formerly inside the wye. Solar panels were installed over the parking lot in 2018 – one of the first three of a planned 37 such installations at MBTA parking lots – though activation was delayed by a dispute between the MBTA and the utility over liability.

References

External links

MBTA - Nantasket Junction
Stations along Old Colony Railroad lines Railway stations in the United States opened in 2007 Buildings and structures in Hingham, Massachusetts MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Plymouth County, Massachusetts 2007 establishments in Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-railstation-stub