West Newton station


West Newton is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Newton, Massachusetts. It serves the Framingham/Worcester Line, and is located inside the Massachusetts Turnpike Exit 16 rotary in the village of West Newton. Except for a brief period in 1981, West Newton has had rail service since 1834. The station consists of a single low side platform serving one of the line's two tracks, with small crossings to access trains on the far track. West Newton is not handicapped accessible.

History

West Newton was the first terminus of the Boston and Worcester Railroad in April 1834, and one of the first locations in the world from which workers could commute to a city by rail for regular working hours. The Railroad Hotel originally served as the train station.
By the late 1840s, a dedicated station building was located on the north side of the tracks just west of Chestnut Street. By the 1870s, West Newton was a flag stop, with a larger station building on the south side of the tracks.
The station was either temporarily closed or reduced to one daily round trip along with Auburndale on January 30, 1981, as part of a series of service cuts due to a budget crisis. Normal service resumed to Auburndale and West Newton on March 16, 1981.
A 2011 village plan prepared for the city by MIT proposed a four-story development integrated with a rebuilt commuter rail station, with two high-level side platforms providing handicapped accessible boarding on both tracks.

Bus connections

West Newton is served by one local MBTA bus route and two express routes with a stop on Washington Street at Elm Street:
An additional express bus route stops on Washington Street at Prospect Street: