Arborway station
ARBORWAY | |||||||||||
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 A train prepares to leave Arborway in 1967 | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 42°18′07″N 71°06′41″W / 42.3020°N 71.1114°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Green Line "E" branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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Arborway is a former station on the Green Line "E" Branch, located near the Forest Hills station complex. It was closed in 1985 when the line was "temporarily" suspended.[1] Arborway station was located in the Arborway Yard complex, which housed trolleys and trackless trolleys for a number of different lines including the Arborway Line (known as the "E" Branch after 1967). The Arborway carhouse remained until 2000 when it was demolished and replaced by a smaller facility for CNG buses.
When Forest Hills station was rebuilt in 1987, a loop for the "E" Branch was built as part of the station complex, so that Arborway would only be used for layovers and maintenance. The loop is currently used for #39 buses which terminate at the station. New station signs were placed around 2010 in preparation of the return of service, but a lawsuit mandating the return of service was defeated in court in January 2011, nullifying such plans.[2] The loop is scheduled to be removed as part of the Casey Overpass replacement; any future return of service would use the expanded upper busway on Washington Street.[3]
References
- ^ Scott Moore (2007-02-22). "Boston's Green Line Crisis". members.aol.com/netransit. Archived from the original on 2007-02-22. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
- ^ Ruch, John (26 August 2011). "Trolley comeback killed by court". Jamaica Plain Gazette. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ^ HNTB (12 March 2012). "Casey Overpass Planning and Concept Design Study" (PDF). Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
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