Roslindale Village (MBTA station)

ROSLINDALE VILLAGE
The station platform at Roslindale.
Location	1 Belgrade Avenue Roslindale, MA 02131-3025
Coordinates	42°17′15″N 71°07′49″W / 42.2874°N 71.1304°WCoordinates: 42°17′15″N 71°07′49″W / 42.2874°N 71.1304°W
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Needham Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	144 spaces ($4.00 fee) 4 accessible spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	c. 1870
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	423 (weekday inbound average)[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Bellevue toward Needham Heights Needham Line Forest Hills toward South Station   Former services   Bellevue toward Millis Millis Branch Closed 1967 Back Bay toward South Station

Roslindale Village is a passenger rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Needham Line, located in the Roslindale Square business district of Roslindale, Massachusetts.

It was originally built by the Boston and Providence Railroad, and contained two station houses.^[2] Currently, it is located across the tracks from Roslindale Village/Roslindale Square itself, near the Boston School of Modern Languages, the Bay State Society of Model Engineers, and various local businesses. South Street runs into the parking lots on both sides of the tracks, but does not cross the tracks, although a very old pedestrian underpass allows the sidewalk to continue between these two stretches of South Street.

This station is fully wheelchair accessible.

Connections

Roslindale Square is an important bus transfer location; nine MBTA Bus routes run on Washington Street between Forest Hills and Roslindale, then fan out to the south and west. Five of these routes (plus the 14 which terminates at Roslindale Square) serve the station directly via Belgrade Avenue:

• 14 Roslindale Square - Heath Street via Dudley Station, Grove Hall & Jackson Square Station
• 30 Mattapan Station - Forest Hills Station via Cummins Highway & Roslindale Square
• 35 Dedham Mall/Stimson Street - Forest Hills Station via Belgrade Avenue & Centre Street
• 36 Charles River Loop or V.A. Hospital - Forest Hills Station via Belgrade Avenue & Centre Street
• 37 Baker & Vermont Streets - Forest Hills Station via Belgrade Avenue & Centre Street
• 51 Cleveland Circle - Forest Hills Station via Hancock Village

Four additional routes stop on Washington Street about 500 feet (150 m) east of the station:

• 34 Walpole Center or Dedham Line - Forest Hills Station via Washington Street
• 34E Walpole Center - Forest Hills Station via Washington Street
• 40 Georgetowne - Forest Hills Station via Washington Street & West Boundary Road
• 50 Cleary Square - Forest Hills Station via Roslindale Square

The 192 Cleary Square - Haymarket via Forest Hills and Copley Square route, a single early-morning trip, also serves Roslindale Square.

References

1. "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
2. Image from Existing Railroad Stations in Massachusetts

External links

• MBTA - Roslindale Village
• Robert Street entrance from Google Maps Street View