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FOREST HILLS
FOREST HILLS
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 Forest Hills Station, looking south from the Casey Overpass |
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| Address | Washington Street and Hyde Park Avenue, Jamaica Plain | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 71°06′54″W 71°06′54″W | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 island platforms (1 for each service) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 (Orange Line) 4 (commuter rail) |
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| Parking | 206 spaces, 5 accessible, $6.00 fee | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 31 spaces | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1909 as original elevated station (closed 1987 when elevated line was demolished) | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | May 4, 1987 as part of Orange Line realignment | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible |  |
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| Owned by | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | |||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2009) | 13,568 (Orange Line weekday average) 60 (Needham Line inbound average) |
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Forest Hills Station is a station on the MBTA Orange Line, located in Forest Hills in the southern part of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts at the intersections of Washington Street, Hyde Park Avenue, South Street, The Arborway and Morton Street.
Forest Hills is the southern terminus of the MBTA Orange Line. It serves nearby residential neighborhoods and is also a major bus transfer station with connections to 14 routes. Commuter trains on the MBTA's Needham Line line also serve the station; trains on the Providence/Stoughton Line and the Franklin Line pass the platform but do not stop. Amtrak Acela Express and Northeast Regional trains also pass without stopping, generally on the two non-platform tracks.
The adjacent former Arborway Station was the terminus of the Green Line "E" Branch until 1985, when service on the "E" branch was "temporarily" truncated to a terminus at Heath Street. Restoration of Green Line trolley service to Arborway was part of air pollution remediation promised for the Big Dig, but the MBTA has been reluctant to restore the service. The original Forest Hills station on the Washington Street Elevated was located one block to the east of the current station location.
Several small retailers are located in the station, including a donut/coffee shop, newspaper stand and florist. During warmer months a farmer's stand is set up. In addition the station features an MBTA Police substation.
Park and ride parking spaces for 206 cars are available on the station grounds. Overnight parking is not allowed.
The station is surrounded by large parks, to the west of the station is Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum, part of Boston's Emerald Necklace. To the east is the Forest Hills Cemetery and Franklin Park, another part of Boston's Emerald Necklace. The station also marks the southern end of the linear Southwest Corridor Park, built over and around the Southwest Corridor which carries Amtrak, commuter rail, and Orange Line trains into the center of Boston.
The station designed by Cambridge Seven Associates was constructed of brick, steel and glass, with architecture meant to reflect the greenhouses of the surrounding parks. The station's clock tower has become a local landmark.
Forest Hills serves as a major bus transfer station; 18 routes terminate at the station. The streetcar loops, formerly used for Green Line "E" Branch trolley service, now serve as a busway.
The station is fully wheelchair accessible.
Original elevated station has since been demolished (1923 postcard)
Needham Line train (station clock tower is visible at upper left)
Commuter rail platform extends north of station headhouse (view looking northeast from New Washington Street overpass)
Buses load using the former Green Line streetcar loops
#Route 50 Bus to Cleary Square leaving the busway
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