Nantasket Junction station

Nantasket Junction is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Hingham, Massachusetts. It serves the Greenbush Line. 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 accessible.

Nantasket Junction
Nantasket Junction station in November 2007
Location	190 Summer Street Hingham, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°14′42.72″N 70°52′11.28″W
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Greenbush Branch Nantasket Beach Branch (former)
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	495 spaces ($4.00 fee) 9 accessible spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	October 31, 2007[1]
Closed	June 30, 1959 (previous station)
Previous names	Old Colony House
Passengers
2018	218 (weekday average boardings)[2]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station West Hingham toward South Station Greenbush Line Cohasset toward Greenbush
Former services Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Hingham toward Boston South Shore Line North Cohasset toward Greenbush

History

The New Haven Railroad abandoned its remaining Old Colony Division lines on June 30, 1959, after the completion of the Southeast Expressway.[1] Nantasket Junction station (also known as Old Colony House) was located at Summer Street at the wye with the Nantasket Beach Railroad.[3]

The MBTA reopened the Greenbush Line on October 31, 2007, with Nantasket Junction station located at the former station site.[1] 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.[4]

References

1. Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit.
2. Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
3. "Town on Hingham, Plymouth County". New Topographical Atlas of Surveys of Plymouth County, MA. 1903.
4. DiFazio, Joe (November 17, 2018). "MBTA turns to solar arrays at South Shore train stations". Patriot Ledger. Retrieved January 21, 2021.

External links

Media related to Nantasket Junction station at Wikimedia Commons

• MBTA - Nantasket Junction