Thompson Square (MBTA station)

THOMPSON SQUARE
Thompson Square station, circa 1970
Location	Charlestown, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°22′30.16″N 71°3′50.52″W / 42.3750444°N 71.0640333°WCoordinates: 42°22′30.16″N 71°3′50.52″W / 42.3750444°N 71.0640333°W
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Orange Line
Tracks	2
History
Opened	May 22, 1902[1]
Closed	April 4, 1975[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station City Square toward Forest Hills Orange Line Sullivan Square toward Everett

Thompson Square was a rapid transit station on the Charlestown Elevated, part of the MBTA's Orange Line. It opened on May 22, 1902 - almost a year after the rest of the Charlestown El - as an infill station. It was closed in 1975, when the line was rerouted into a tunnel that was constructed as part of the Haymarket North Extension project.^[1]

The station was lowered to the ground, with plans to reuse the structure as a restaurant, but it was destroyed by fire on April 19, 1976, before the conversion could be done.^[2][3]

References

1. Belcher, Jonathan (27 December 2014). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
2. Giordano, Kathleen Whelan (26 July 2011). "The Removal of the “El”". Charlestown Patch. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
3. "Fire destroys converted train station". Berkshire Eagle. 21 April 1975. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.