Highland station (MBTA)
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Highland station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the Needham Line. It is located in the Bellevue Hill section of West Roxbury. The station has a mini-high platform for accessibility.
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Location | Corey Street and Hastings Street West Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42.285°N 71.154°W / 42.285; -71.154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Needham Branch (West Roxbury Branch) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | MBTA bus: 35, 36, 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | 175 spaces ($4.00 fee) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | c. 1855[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 | 394 (weekday average boardings)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station originally opened around 1855 on the Boston and Providence Railroad's West Roxbury Branch. A stone station building, similar to one constructed at Mount Hope station the previous year, was built in 1885.[3]
The MBTA expanded the parking lot in the early 1990s.[4]