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Brandon Hall station

Coordinates: 42°20′24″N 71°07′43″W / 42.340071°N 71.128664°W / 42.340071; -71.128664
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Brandon Hall
An outbound train at Brandon Hall station in 2024
General information
Location1481 Beacon Street
Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′24″N 71°07′43″W / 42.340071°N 71.128664°W / 42.340071; -71.128664
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Passengers
2011356 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Fairbanks Street
toward Cleveland Circle
 Green Line Summit Avenue
toward Government Center
Location
Map

Brandon Hall station is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line C branch in Brookline, Massachusetts. Brandon Hall station has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. It is not accessible, although a wheelchair lift allows accessible passage between the two elevations of the two halves of Beacon Street at the station. With 356 daily passengers by a 2011 count, Brandon Hall was the second-least-used stop on the C branch after Hawes Street.[1]

The MBTA plans to consolidate Brandon Hall and the nearby Fairbanks Street station into a single accessible combined station by the end of 2026.

History

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Brandon Hall in 1903

The station retains the name of Brandon Hall, a large hotel built in 1903 just south of the station.[2][3] The hotel was destroyed by fire on April 26, 1946, after housing 400 SPARS during World War II.[4][5]

Track work in 2018–19, which included replacement of platform edges at several stops, triggered requirements for accessibility modifications at those stops.[6] Design work for Brandon Hall and seven other C Branch stations was 15% complete by December 2022.[7] Designs shown in February 2024 called for Fairbanks Street and Brandon Hall stations to be consolidated into a single station between their present locations. Accessible ramps to the north side of Beacon Street would be built at Lancaster Terrace and Mason Path.[8] In May 2024, the Federal Transit Administration awarded the MBTA $67 million to construct accessible platforms at 14 B and C branch stops including the combined station.[9] As of June 2024, construction is expected to be complete in fall 2026.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
  2. ^ "Brandon Hall [advertisement]". Boston Evening Transcript. September 12, 1903. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Table Gossip". The Boston Globe. December 27, 1903. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Flames Raze Brandon Hall". Boston Globe. April 26, 1946. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "State Marshal Probes Fire at Brandon Hall". Boston Globe. April 27, 1946. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ Brelsford, Laura (May 24, 2021). "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—May 2021" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. pp. 4–5.
  7. ^ "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—December 2022" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. December 6, 2022. pp. 4–5.
  8. ^ "Green Line C Branch Accessibility Upgrades" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. February 15, 2024.
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  10. ^ "Accessibility Initiatives—June 2024" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. June 25, 2024. p. 5.
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