Brandon Hall station

Brandon Hall station is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line C branch in Brookline, Massachusetts. Brandon Hall station has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. It is not accessible, although a wheelchair lift allows accessible passage between the two elevations of the two halves of Beacon Street at the station. With 356 daily passengers by a 2011 count, Brandon Hall was the second-least-used stop on the C branch after Hawes Street.^[1]

Brandon Hall
An outbound train at Brandon Hall station in 2024
General information
Location	1481 Beacon Street Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42.340071°N 71.128664°W / 42.340071; -71.128664
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Passengers
2011	356 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Fairbanks Street toward Cleveland Circle Green Line C branch Summit Avenue toward Government Center
Location

History

Brandon Hall in 1903

The station retains the name of Brandon Hall, a large hotel built in 1903 just south of the station.^[2][3] The hotel was destroyed by fire on April 26, 1946, after housing 400 SPARS during World War II.^[4][5]

Track work in 2018–19, which included replacement of platform edges at several stops, triggered requirements for accessibility modifications at those stops.^[6] Design work for Brandon Hall and seven other C Branch stations was 15% complete by December 2022.^[7] Designs shown in February 2024 called for Fairbanks Street and Brandon Hall stations to be consolidated into a single station between their present locations. Accessible ramps to the north side of Beacon Street would be built at Lancaster Terrace and Mason Path.^[8] In May 2024, the Federal Transit Administration awarded the MBTA $67 million to construct accessible platforms at 14 B and C branch stops including the combined station.^[9] As of June 2024^[update], construction is expected to be complete in fall 2026.^[10]

References

1. "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
2. "Brandon Hall [advertisement]". Boston Evening Transcript. September 12, 1903. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Table Gossip". The Boston Globe. December 27, 1903. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Flames Raze Brandon Hall". Boston Globe. April 26, 1946. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "State Marshal Probes Fire at Brandon Hall". Boston Globe. April 27, 1946. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Brelsford, Laura (May 24, 2021). "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—May 2021" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. pp. 4–5.
7. "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—December 2022" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. December 6, 2022. pp. 4–5.
8. "Green Line C Branch Accessibility Upgrades" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. February 15, 2024.
9. • "All Stations Accessibility Program FY24 Projects". Federal Transit Administration. May 28, 2024.
   • "Biden-Harris Administration Announces $343 Million to Modernize Transit Stations, Improve Accessibility Across the Country" (Press release). Federal Transit Administration. May 28, 2024.
   • "MBTA Wins $67 Million Federal Grant to Improve Green Line Accessibility for People with Disabilities" (Press release). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. May 30, 2024.
10. "Accessibility Initiatives—June 2024" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. June 25, 2024. p. 5.

External links

Media related to Brandon Hall station at Wikimedia Commons

• MBTA - Brandon Hall