Newton Center Station/Deluxe Station Diner - Newton, MA
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N 42° 19.797 W 071° 11.502
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The Newton Centre Station, with two buildings now alongside the MBTA light rail Green "D" Line transit route and occupied by the Deluxe Station Diner and a taxi service, was originally built for the Charles River Railroad.
Waymark Code: WMDV61
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2012
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In the Newton Centre section of Newton, along Union Street, is the Newton Center Station. The station, two buildings originally built for the Charles River Railroad, currently serves several purposes, including a platform for the MBTA light rail Green "D" Line transit route and a restaurant.
The larger station has two levels - one level at the street, and one level below at the railroad platform. The rail is sunken relative to the roads - or the roads built up above the tracks - so that bridge over them don't have to be raised. The building is made of dark stone and has a peaked roof, with two round dormers on the street side, and two round dormers and a lower level of three squarish dormers on the track side. The platform covering extends from both ends of the station roof. It was designed by H. H. Richardson in the final year of his life. It was finished by the succeeding partnership, Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge in 1886. Much of the railroad changed to the D (Riverside) Branch of the Green Line in 1959. Currently occupying the upper level is the Deluxe Station Diner.
Next to the station on the street level is another, much smaller and highly altered building. This smaller building seems to be the freight house, as discussed in a blog on railroad.net. Currently, this structure is now a taxi service.
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Wikipedia (Newton Center MBTA Station):
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Railroad.net (Thread):
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