Reservoir | |||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||
Location | 401 Chestnut Hill Avenue Brookline, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°20′07″N 71°8′53″W / 42.33528°N 71.14806°W | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Highland branch | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 4 side platforms (2 in regular service) | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 (2 in regular service) | ||||||||||||
Connections | MBTA bus: 51, 86 | ||||||||||||
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Bicycle facilities | 8 spaces | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | November 1852 (commuter rail) July 4, 1959 (light rail) | ||||||||||||
Closed | May 31, 1958 (commuter rail)[1] | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1980s; 2002 | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2011 | 3,404 (weekday average boardings)[2] | ||||||||||||
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Reservoir station is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line D branch, located in Brookline, Massachusetts, adjacent to the Cleveland Circle area of Brighton. The station is adjacent to Reservoir Yard and Carhouse, with the Cleveland Circle terminus of the C branch just a block away. With a daily ridership of 3,395, Reservoir is the second-busiest surface stop on the D branch (after Brookline Village).[2]
Reservoir station is accessible, with raised platforms to accommodate low-floor trams. MBTA bus routes 51 and 86 terminate at the Reservoir busway off Chestnut Hill Avenue.