Infill station

An infill station (sometimes in-fill station) is a train station built on an existing passenger rail, rapid transit, or light rail line to address demand in a location between existing stations. Such stations take advantage of existing train service and encourage new riders by providing a more convenient location. Many older transit systems have widely spaced stations and can benefit from infill stations.^[1] In some cases, new infill station are built at sites where a station had once existed many years ago, for example the Cermak–McCormick Place station on the Chicago Green Line.

Recent infill stations

Japan

• Chiba
  • Nagareyama-ōtakanomori, 2005 (Tobu Railway Urban Park Line)
• Osaka
  • Ryokuchi-kōen, 1975 (Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway)
• Hiroshima
  • Shin-Hakushima, 2015 (Hiroshima Rapid Transit Astram Line, JR West San'yō Main Line)

South Korea

• Korail
  • Imae Station, 2004
  • Yongdu Station, 2005
  • Dongmyo Station, 2005
  • Jukjeon Station, 2007
  • Dangjeong Station, 2010
  • Gangmae Station, 2014
  • Wonheung Station, 2014
  • Darwol Station, 2014

United Kingdom

• London
  • Pudding Mill Lane DLR station, 1996
  • Langdon Park DLR station, 2007
  • Wood Lane tube station, 2008
  • Surrey Canal Road station, proposed
• Liverpool
  • Liverpool South Parkway railway station, 2006
• Newcastle
  • Northumberland Park Metro station, 2005

United States

• Greater Boston
  • Assembly (MBTA station), 2014
  • Yawkey (MBTA station), 1988, rebuilt 2014
  • Fairmount Line
    • Talbot Ave, 2012
    • Newmarket and Four Corners/Geneva, 2013^[2][3]
    • Blue Hill Avenue, planned 2017
  • Boston Landing (MBTA station), planned 2016
  • West Station, planned 2020
• Washington, D.C.
  • NoMa – Gallaudet U (WMATA station), 2004
  • Potomac Yard (WMATA station), planned
  • Potomac Shores, Virginia Railway Express, under construction^[4]
• San Francisco Bay Area
  • Embarcadero Station, 1976
  • West Dublin / Pleasanton (BART station), 2011
• Chicago
  • Morgan (CTA station) 2012
  • Oakton–Skokie (CTA station), 2012
  • Cermak–McCormick Place (CTA station), 2015

References

1. Freemark, Yonah (2008-09-08). "With Infill Stations, Older Transit Agencies Extend Their Reach". Destination:Freedom. Retrieved 2008-09-09. The advantages of infill stations result from the fact that people are simply more likely to use transit when they’re closer to it — and from the fact that the older transit systems in many cities have widely spaced stations that are under-serving potentially significant markets.
2. Rocheleau, Matt (12 November 2012). "MBTA opens new commuter rail station at Talbot Avenue in Dorchester on Fairmount Line". Boston Globe. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
3. Rocheleau, Matt (25 June 2013). "Commuter rail gives Fairmount a boost". Boston Globe. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
4. VRE infill station launches a new idea: transit-oriented sprawl, Dan Malouff, Greater Greater Washington, August 5, 2014