Eliot (MBTA station)

ELIOT
Inbound train at Eliot in March 2016
Location	Lincoln Street near Boylston Street Newton, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°19′08″N 71°12′59″W / 42.31889°N 71.21639°WCoordinates: 42°19′08″N 71°12′59″W / 42.31889°N 71.21639°W
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Green Line– "D" Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA Bus: 59
Construction
Parking	55 spaces ($6.00 daily)
Bicycle facilities	8 spaces
History
Opened	July 4, 1959[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	814 (weekday average boardings)[2]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Waban toward Riverside Green Line "D" Branch Newton Highlands toward Government Center

Eliot is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line "D" Branch located just north of Route 9 (Boylston Street) between the Newton Highlands and Newton Upper Falls villages of Newton, Massachusetts. The station has a parking lot at the end of Lincoln Street, a pedestrian entrance from Meredith Street, and pedestrian entrances from both sides of Route 9. A footbridge, built in 1977, crosses Route 9 adjacent to the railroad bridge.

Station layout

G Street/ Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Outbound	← "D" Branch toward Riverside (Waban)
	Inbound	→ "D" Branch toward Government Center (Newton Highlands) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Bus connections

One MBTA Bus route, the 59 Needham Junction - Watertown Square via Newtonville, stops two blocks to the east at Woodward Street.^[3] Although the connection is announced on both modes, Newton Highlands one stop to the east offers a closer connection between the two services.

References

1. Belcher, Jonathan (19 March 2016). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2016" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
2. "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
3. "Eliot Station Neighborhood Map" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. April 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

External links

• MBTA - Eliot
• Media related to Eliot (MBTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Google Maps Street View: Lincoln Street entrance, Boylston Street entrance