The MBTA Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility (signed as, and often known by, its former name of Boston Engine Terminal) is the primary train maintenance repair facility for the MBTA Commuter Rail system. It is located in the Inner Belt area of Somerville, Massachusetts, near North Station in Boston. The present Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility was built from 1995 to 1998, replacing the Boston Engine Terminal which was built by the former Boston and Maine Railroad. The present facility opened on March 25, 1998.
Boston Engine Terminal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Aerial view of the facility in 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Somerville, Massachusetts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°22′30″N 71°4′33″W / 42.37500°N 71.07583°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | MBTA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | March 25, 1998[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Three small platforms on asphalt crossings serve as flag stops for MBTA employees only. One platform serves the Fitchburg Line, another the Lowell Line, and a third the Haverhill Line and Newburyport/Rockport Line (which split a mile north of the CRMF).
It was considered as a possible location for a light rail maintenance facility for the under-construction Green Line Extension.[2] The Green Line facility was ultimately built on an industrial site just west of the Commuter Rail facility.[3]
References
edit- ^ "The MBTA Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility that cost about $230 million..." Getty Images. The Boston Globe.
- ^ "Green Line Extension Project Analysis of the Boston Engine Terminal for The Purposes of Siting a Light Rail Vehicle Support Facility" (PDF). MBTA/Massachusetts Department of Transportation. March 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 3, 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^ "Union Square Branch – GLX Roll Plan 4". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. November 2019.
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