West Hingham
West Hingham station in November 2007
General information
Location20 Fort Hill Street
Hingham, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°14′12.12″N 70°54′11.16″W / 42.2367000°N 70.9031000°W / 42.2367000; -70.9031000
Line(s)Greenbush Branch
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Parking214 spaces ($4.00 fee)
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone3
History
OpenedOctober 31, 2007[1]
ClosedJune 30, 1959
Passengers
2018325 (weekday average boardings)[2]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
East Weymouth
toward South Station
 Greenbush Line Nantasket Junction
toward Greenbush
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
East Weymouth
toward Boston
 South Shore Line Hingham
toward Greenbush

West Hingham station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Hingham, Massachusetts. It serves the Greenbush Line. It consists of a single side platform serving the line's one track. The station is fully accessible.

History

The West Hingham station platform and South Street grade crossing in 1889

The South Shore Railroad opened between Braintree and Cohasset on January 1, 1849. A station at West Hingham opened by 1867.[3] It was located north of the South Street level crossing.[4] The South Shore Railroad was acquired by the Old Colony Railroad in 1877; the Old Colony was in turn acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1893.

The New Haven Railroad abandoned its remaining Old Colony Division lines on June 30, 1959, after the completion of the Southeast Expressway.[1]

The MBTA reopened the Greenbush Line on October 31, 2007, with West Hingham station located south of South Street where room for a parking lot was available.[1] A downtown Hingham station was not possible due to the narrow tunnel constructed to avoid level crossings in Hingham Square, so West Hingham and Nantasket Junction stations both serve Hingham.

Solar panels were installed over the parking lot in 2018 – one of the first three of a planned 37 such installations at MBTA parking lots – though activation was delayed by a dispute between the MBTA and the utility over liability.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
  2. ↑ Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  3. ↑ Snow's Pathfinder Railway Guide. New England Railway Publishing Company. 1867. p. 9.
  4. ↑ "Village of Hingham, Mass". Atlas of Plymouth County, Massachusetts. George H. Walker & Co. 1879 – via Ward Maps.
  5. ↑ DiFazio, Joe (November 17, 2018). "MBTA turns to solar arrays at South Shore train stations". Patriot Ledger. Retrieved January 21, 2021.

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