Riverside

Riverside
A Green Line train arrives at Riverside.
Station statistics
Address	333 Grove Street off Route 128/I-95, Newton
Coordinates	42°20′14″N 71°15′08″W / 42.3372°N 71.2521°W / 42.3372; -71.2521Coordinates: 42°20′14″N 71°15′08″W / 42.3372°N 71.2521°W / 42.3372; -71.2521
Lines	Green Line ("D" branch)
Parking	925 spaces
Bicycle facilities	48 spaces
Other information
Opened	4 July 1959
Accessible
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Terminus Green Line "D" Branch Woodland toward Government Center

Riverside is the western terminus of the MBTA Green Line "D" Branch (Highland Branch) light rail line. It is located at 333 Grove Street, off Exit 22 on Interstate 95 (Route 128), in Auburndale, a village of Newton, Massachusetts. Scheduled travel time to Park Street is 46 minutes. Riverside includes a parking lot with spaces for 925 automobiles and bicycle parking. A loop allows trams to reverse direction for the trip back to Boston, and storage tracks and the Riverside Carhouse are connected to the loop.

Riverside station is home to the dwarf planet Pluto in the Boston Museum of Science's community-wide Solar system model.^[1]

History

When the Highland Branch was run by the Boston and Albany Railroad, Riverside station was a bit to the north of its current location, at the place where the tracks turned back towards Boston to merge with the B&A's main line. The MTA built a new station with better local access, and opened the branch to streetcar service on July 4, 1959. The old connection tracks still exist (now connecting to the Framingham/Worcester Line) and have been used for emergency Commuter Rail service due to Green Line flooding; catenary lines still go to the junction for offloading of new trolleys onto the rail network from the mainline.

On February 12, 2009, the MBTA authorized an 85-year lease of a portion of Riverside Station. A mixed-use development will be built on what are currently parking lots. This development will contain 420,000 sq ft (39,000 m²) of office space, 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m²) of retail space, and 190 residential units.^[2]

Bus connections

Riverside station also offers local and long distance bus service:

• 500 Express bus to downtown Boston financial district via Massachusetts Turnpike
• 558 Downtown Boston via Newton Corner and Central Square, Waltham
• Many intercity buses to and from Boston stop at Riverside, including Greyhound Lines and Peter Pan Bus Lines. There is daily service to and from New York City, Albany, Washington, D.C. and Springfield.

Accessibility

The station is accessible when served by the MBTA's newer low-floor trolley cars and buses. There is accessible parking. See MBTA accessibility.

References

External links

• MBTA - Riverside Station (Green Line)