College Avenue

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College Avenue station (Illinois)

College Avenue is one of the two stations on Metra's Union Pacific/West Line located in Wheaton, Illinois. The station is located at 303 N. President Street in Wheaton, and lies next to Wheaton College. The station is located 23.8 miles (38.3 km) away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the eastern terminus of the West Line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, College Avenue is in zone E.

College Avenue station is located at ground level and consists of two side platforms. Three tracks run between the platforms, though one does not access the station. There is a station house next to the inbound (north) track, which is open 24 hours. Tickets are available at the station house on weekdays. The Illinois Prairie Path runs along the south edge of the complex.

Bus connections

Pace "Route 714 – College of DuPage-Naperville-Wheaton Connector". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service. 

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College Avenue (MBTA station)

College Avenue is a planned light rail station on the MBTA Green Line "D" Branch, to be located at College Avenue next to Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. It will be the northern terminus of the "D" Branch and is the final station on the second phase of the Green Line Extension. College Avenue will consist of one island platform, which will serve the "D" Branch's two tracks. As of December 2015, the future of the project is in doubt due to a substantial increase in costs; it will likely be further delayed or cancelled.

Previous commuter rail stations on what is now the Lowell Line were located nearby from the mid 19th century to the mid 20th century, and from 1976 to 1979.

History

Commuter rail stations

The Boston and Lowell Railroad opened their namesake line in 1835, though local stops were not added immediately. By 1889, College Hill station was located on the north side of the tracks just west of College Avenue. By 1900, College Hill was replaced with Tufts College station, located on the opposite side of the tracks and slightly to the south at Pearson Street. Along with the other local stops in Somerville and Medford, Tufts College station was abandoned around 1950 due to competition from streetcars and buses.