Ball Square station

Ball Square
A light rail station under construction in an urban area
An outbound train at Ball Square, December 2022
General information
LocationBroadway at Boston Avenue
Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°23′59.94″N 71°6′39.97″W / 42.3999833°N 71.1111028°W / 42.3999833; -71.1111028
Line(s)Medford Branch
Platforms1 island platform (Green Line)
Tracks2 (Green Line)
2 (Lowell Line)
ConnectionsBus transport MBTA bus: 80, 89
Construction
Bicycle facilities50-space "Pedal and Park" bicycle cage
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedDecember 12, 2022
Passengers
2030 (projected)1,890 daily boardings[1]: 49 
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Medford/​Tufts
Terminus
Green Line Magoun Square
Former services (North Somerville station)
Preceding station Boston and Maine Railroad Following station
Tufts College Boston – Concord, NH Somerville Junction
toward Boston
Location
Map

Ball Square station is a light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line located at Ball Square in Somerville and Medford, Massachusetts. The accessible station has a single island platform serving the two tracks of the Medford Branch. It opened on December 12, 2022, as part of the Green Line Extension (GLX), which added two northern branches to the Green Line, and is served by the E branch.

The location was previously served by railroad stations. The Boston and Lowell Railroad (B&L) opened Willow Bridge station at Cambridge Road (now Broadway) by 1850. It was renamed North Somerville around 1878, and a new station building was constructed in the 1880s. The station was served by the Boston and Maine Railroad, successor to the B&L, until 1958. Extensions to the Green Line were proposed throughout the 20th century, most with North Somerville as one of the intermediate stations. A Ball Square station near the former station site was officially chosen for the GLX in 2008. Cost increases triggered a wholesale reevaluation of the GLX project in 2015, and a scaled-down station design was released in 2016. A design and construction contract was issued in 2017. Construction of Magoun Square station began in early 2020 and was largely completed by late 2021.

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