Needham Heights (MBTA station)
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Needham Heights is a MBTA Commuter Rail
station serving the Needham Line
. It is the terminus of the line, although this wasn't the case. Needham Heights Station was built on a line that originally ran between Medfield Junction
and what is today Newton Highlands station
on the "D" Branch of the MBTA Green Line.
MBTA Commuter Rail
The MBTA Commuter Rail serves as the regional rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, in the United States. It is operated under contract by the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company a joint partnership of Veolia Transportation, Bombardier Transportation and Alternate...
station serving the Needham Line
Needham Line
The Needham Line is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running west from downtown Boston, Massachusetts through the Boston neighborhoods ofRoxbury,Jamaica Plain,Roslindale,West Roxbury, and the town ofNeedham....
. It is the terminus of the line, although this wasn't the case. Needham Heights Station was built on a line that originally ran between Medfield Junction
Medfield Junction
Medfield Junction was located in Medfield, Massachusetts. Medfield Junction was part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The two lines that crossed at Medfield Junction was part of New Haven's Old Colony Northern Division...
and what is today Newton Highlands station
Newton Highlands (MBTA station)
Newton Highlands is a surface-level rapid transit station located in Newton, Massachusetts on the Green Line "D" Branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Like the other surface level stations on the "D" Branch, it opened on July 4, 1959....
on the "D" Branch of the MBTA Green Line.