Packards Corner (MBTA station)

PACKARDS CORNER
Station platforms facing outbound in April 2015
Location	Commonwealth Avenue at Brighton Avenue Allston, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°21′7.51″N 71°7′29″W / 42.3520861°N 71.12472°W / 42.3520861; -71.12472Coordinates: 42°21′7.51″N 71°7′29″W / 42.3520861°N 71.12472°W / 42.3520861; -71.12472
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Green Line– "B" Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA Bus: 57, 57A
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	2,654 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Harvard Avenue toward Boston College Green Line "B" Branch Babcock Street toward Park Street   Former services   Union Square toward Watertown Yard Green Line "A" Branch Closed 1969 Babcock Street toward Park Street

Packards Corner (announced as Brighton Avenue/Packards Corner) is a station on the MBTA's Green Line "B" Branch located at Packard's Corner - the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Brighton Avenue - in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. The station is located in a median between the westbound through and parking lanes of Commonwealth Avenue.

History

The Green Line "A" Branch formerly diverged just north of the platforms; its trolleys stopped at a separate Packards Corner stop at Malvern Road. The "A" Branch was closed on June 21, 1969, though it was kept intact for non-revenue moves to Watertown Yard.^[2] The line was finally abandoned in 1994; a several-hundred-foot stub track was left until the mid-2000s to temporarily store disabled trains. The switch and the last few feet of track were not disconnected until track work in 2014.

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  A Boston College-bound (future "B" Branch) train at Packards Corner in 1965
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  Former "A" Branch turnout switch in 2011

Station layout

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Packards Corner (MBTA station).

• MBTA - Packards Corner
• Station from Brighton Avenue from Google Maps Street View