East Somerville station

East Somerville
An inbound train at East Somerville station in December 2022
General information
Location	Washington Street at Joy Street Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°22′47″N 71°05′13″W / 42.37972°N 71.08694°W / 42.37972; -71.08694
Line(s)	Medford Branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA bus: 86, 90, 91, CT2
Construction
Bicycle facilities	52-space "Pedal and Park" bicycle cage 20 spaces on racks
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	December 12, 2022
Passengers
2030 (projected)	2,730 daily boardings[1]: 47
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Gilman Square toward Medford/​Tufts Green Line E branch Lechmere toward Heath Street
Former services (Prospect Hill station) Preceding station Boston and Maine Railroad Following station Winter Hill toward Concord, NH Boston – Concord, NH East Cambridge toward Boston Winter Hill toward Lowell or Reformatory Lexington Branch Winter Hill toward Northampton Central Mass Branch
Location

East Somerville station is a light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line located in southeastern Somerville, 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 a station at Milk Row in the mid-19th century; it was replaced with Prospect Hill station in the 1880s. The station was served by the Boston and Maine Railroad, successor to the B&L, until 1927. Extensions to the Green Line were proposed throughout the 20th century, most with Washington Street as one of the intermediate stations. A separate station in the Brickbottom neighborhood was rejected in 2008 during planning. By 2011, the planned station at Washington Street was renamed Brickbottom.

The MBTA agreed in 2012 to open the station by 2017, and a construction contract was awarded in 2013. Cost increases triggered a wholesale reevaluation of the GLX project in 2015. A scaled-down station design was released in 2016, with the station renamed to East Somerville later that year. A design and construction contract was issued in 2017. Construction of East Somerville station began in early 2020 and was largely completed by late 2021.