Coolidge Corner station

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title: "Coolidge Corner station" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["green-line-(mbta)-stations", "railway-stations-in-brookline,-massachusetts"] description: "Light rail station in Brookline, Massachusetts, US" topic_path: "general/green-line-mbta-stations" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolidge_Corner_station" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Light rail station in Brookline, Massachusetts, US ::

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Field	Value
name	Coolidge Corner
style	MBTA
image	Outbound train at Coolidge Corner station, September 2024.JPG
image_caption	An outbound train at Coolidge Corner in 2024
address	Beacon Street at Harvard Street
borough	Brookline, Massachusetts
coordinates
other	:
platform	2 side platforms
tracks	2
bicycle	20 spaces
opened	June 1, 1888
rebuilt	1901; 2001
accessible	Yes
passengers	3,440 (weekday average boardings)
pass_year	2011
services
mapframe	yes
mapframe-marker-color	#
mapframe-marker	rail-light
mapframe-zoom	14
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Coolidge Corner station is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line C branch, located at the intersection of Beacon Street and Harvard Street in the Coolidge Corner neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts. With 3,440 daily boardings by a 2011 count, it had more than twice the ridership of any other surface station on the branch.

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Coolidge_Corner_station,_1916.jpg" caption="Coolidge Corner station in 1916"] ::

Horsecar service on the Beacon Street line began between Coolidge Corner and downtown Boston on June 1, 1888.

On February 3, 1900, the Boston Elevated Railway (BERy) established Coolidge Corner as a designated transfer point, where passengers could transfer between the Reservoir and Oak Square branches. The town approved the construction of shelters at the stop in November 1900, and they were completed in 1901. A 1911-built electrical substation designed by Peabody and Stearns is located in Coolidge Corner on Webster Street.

In the early 2000s, the MBTA modified key surface stops with raised platforms for accessibility. Portable lifts were installed at Coolidge Corner around 2000 as a temporary measure. The platform modifications – part of a $32 million modification of thirteen B, C, and E branch stations – were completed in 2001.

The MBTA added wooden mini-high platforms, allowing level boarding on older Type 7 LRVs, at eight Green Line stations in 2006–07 as part of the settlement of Joanne Daniels-Finegold, et al. v. MBTA. Coolidge Corner and were originally to have one mini-high platform apiece as well; however, portable lifts were added at the stations instead.

In February 2024, the MBTA indicated long-term plans to replace the existing platforms with a longer island platform west of the Harvard Street grade crossing.

References

References

1. {{MBTA Bluebook 2014
2. (1997). "Tremont Street Subway: A Century of Public Service". Boston Street Railway Association.
3. (February 2, 1900). "New Free Transfer Station". Boston Globe.
4. (November 10, 1900). "Brookline". Boston Globe.
5. (January 4, 1901). "Greatly Needed Storm Shelters". Boston Globe.
6. (September 6, 1912). "Brookline". Boston Globe.
7. (1997). "Trolleys Under the Hub". Arcadia Publishing.
8. (June 1985). "National Register of Historic Places – Inventory Nomination Form: Brookline Multiple Resource Area". National Park Service.
9. (January 2004). "Executive Summary". Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization.
10. (2001). "Subway Map". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
11. Rivera, Lydia. (July 12, 2001). "The MBTA Continues Accessibility Program At Coolidge Corner Station". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
12. (April 10, 2006). "Settlement Agreement". Joanne Daniels-Finegold et al. v. MBTA.
13. (June 2007). "Green Line Stations Upgraded to Improve Accessibility". Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization.
14. (February 15, 2024). "Green Line C Branch Accessibility Upgrades". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

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