Eliot | |||||||||||||
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An inbound train at Eliot in March 2016 | |||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||
Location | 248 Lincoln Street Newton, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°19′08″N 71°12′59″W / 42.31889°N 71.21639°W | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Highland branch | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Parking | 55 spaces; paid | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 8 spaces | ||||||||||||
Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | July 4, 1959[1] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2011 | 814 (weekday average boardings)[2] | ||||||||||||
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Eliot station is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line D branch located just north of Route 9 (Boylston Street) between the Newton Highlands and Newton Upper Falls villages of Newton, Massachusetts. The station has a parking lot at the end of Lincoln Street, a pedestrian entrance from Meredith Avenue, and pedestrian entrances from both sides of Route 9. A footbridge, built in 1977, crosses Route 9 adjacent to the railroad bridge.