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Brandeis/Roberts station is an
MBTA Commuter Rail The MBTA Commuter Rail system serves as the commuter rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA's) transportation coverage of Greater Boston in the United States. Trains run over of track on 12 lines to 142 stations. It ...
station in
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. It serves the
Fitchburg Line The Fitchburg Line is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system which runs from Boston's North Station to Wachusett station in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. The line is along the tracks of the former Fitchburg Railroad, which was built across nort ...
and is located on the edge of the campus of
Brandeis University Brandeis University () is a Private university, private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. It is located within the Greater Boston area. Founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian, non-sectarian, coeducational university, Bra ...
. The station is fully accessible, with mini-high platforms serving both tracks.


History

The
Fitchburg Railroad The Fitchburg Railroad is a former railroad company, which built a railroad line across northern Massachusetts, United States, leading to and through the Hoosac Tunnel. The Fitchburg was leased to the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1900. The main l ...
opened from Waltham to
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on June 17, 1844. A
flag stop In public transport, a request stop, flag stop, or whistle stop is a bus stop, stop or train station, station at which buses or trains, respectively, stop only on request; that is, only if there are passengers or freight to be picked up or drop ...
was open at the South Street crossing by 1852. It was named Roberts Crossing (later shortened to Roberts) after John Roberts, who operated a nearby paper mill. New stations at Roberts and nearby Stony Brook were built in 1887. The railroad opened a roundhouse at Roberts in early 1893, replacing an older facility in Waltham. The
Boston and Maine Railroad The Boston and Maine Railroad was a United States, U.S. Class I railroad in northern New England. It was chartered in 1835, and became part of what was the Pan Am Railways network in 1983 (most of which was purchased by CSX in 2022). At the e ...
(B&M) closed the station building in 1937, but trains continued to stop at the platform. In 1977 or 1978, the station was renamed Brandeis–Roberts (later styled Brandeis/Roberts) to denote the growing university. A $70,000 renovation of the station was completed on December 18, 1986. Accessible mini-high platforms were installed either in that renovation or around 1991.


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MBTA – Brandeis/Roberts
MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Railway stations in Massachusetts at university and college campuses Buildings and structures in Waltham, Massachusetts Former Boston and Maine Railroad stations {{MBTA-stub