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Union Square station (Allston)

Coordinates: 42°21′12.57″N 71°8′11.71″W / 42.3534917°N 71.1365861°W / 42.3534917; -71.1365861
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Union Square
An inbound streetcar at Union Square in 1965
General information
Coordinates42°21′12.57″N 71°8′11.71″W / 42.3534917°N 71.1365861°W / 42.3534917; -71.1365861
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport MBTA bus: 51, 57, 64, 66, 193, 501, 503
History
ClosedJune 21, 1969[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Oak Square
toward Watertown
Green Line Packards Corner

Union Square station was a streetcar stop on the Green Line A branch located at Union Square in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Not to be confused with the Union Square station in Somerville on the Green Line D branch. It was closed in 1969 when service on the line was suspended and replaced by buses.[2]

Union Square is now a transfer point between the 57 and 66 key bus routes; it is also served by route 64, express routes 501 and 503 on a limited number of trips, and the 51 and 193 on single daily trips.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
  2. ^ Moore, Scott. "The Watertown Line". NETransit. Archived from the original on 3 February 2002. Retrieved 18 February 2013.