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Boldly redirecting. Given the precedent set by the pages for the E Branch stops south of Heath Street, the fact that 3/4 of the former A branch stops don't even have their own pages, and the ones that do are less than one paragraph stubs, this seems to be the appropriate action Tags: New redirect Reverted |
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{{Distinguish|Union Square station (Somerville)}} |
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{{Short description|Boston MBTA former subway station}} |
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{{Infobox station |
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| name=Union Square |
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| style=MBTA |style2=Green |
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| image=MBTA 3113 at Union Square, September 1965.jpg |
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| image_caption=An inbound trolley at Union Square in 1965, before the A branch was named as such |
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| coordinates = {{coord|42|21|12.57|N|71|8|11.71|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-MA |display=inline,title}} |
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| other={{bus icon|12px}} [[MBTA bus]]: {{MBTABus|51}}, {{MBTABus|57}}, {{MBTABus|66}}, {{MBTABus|193}}, {{MBTABus|501}}, {{MBTABus|503}} |
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| tracks=2 |
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| closed=June 21, 1969<ref name="netransit">{{NETransit}}</ref> |
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| owned=[[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority]] |
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| services={{Adjacent stations|system=MBTA|line=Green|type=A|left=Oak Square|right=Packards Corner}} |
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'''Union Square''' was a station on the [[Green Line A branch]] located at [[Union Square, Boston|Union Square]] in the [[Allston]] neighborhood of [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. It was closed in 1969 when service on the line was [[Bustitution|suspended and replaced by buses]].<ref name=Moore>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020203204656/http://members.aol.com/netransit5/watertown/watertown.html |url=http://members.aol.com/netransit5/watertown/watertown.html |archivedate=3 February 2002 |publisher=NETransit |title=The Watertown Line |author=Moore, Scott |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref> |
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Union Square is now a transfer point between the {{MBTABus|57}} and {{MBTABus|66}} [[List of key MBTA bus routes|key bus routes]]; it is also served by the {{MBTABus|501}} and {{MBTABus|503}} on a limited number of trips and the {{MBTABus|51}} and {{MBTABus|193}} on single daily trips.<ref name=netransit /> |
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[[File:Union Square Allston curb extension construction.jpg|thumb|left|Construction at the inbound Union Square bus stop in 2013]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist|30em}} |
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[[Category:Railway stations in Boston]] |
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[[Category:Green Line (MBTA) stations]] |
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[[Category:Former MBTA stations in Massachusetts]] |
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[[Category:Railway stations closed in 1969]] |
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{{tram-stub}} |
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{{Boston-struct-stub}} |
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{{Massachusetts-railstation-stub}} |
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Revision as of 01:43, 26 October 2020
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