Needham Center is the penultimate MBTA Commuter Rail

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 was originally built in 1870 (although some sources claim it was built in 1887), and was much larger than it is today. Needham Center 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.

External links

• MBTA Needham Center Page
• Original and Remaining Needham Center station (Existing stations in Norfolk County, Massachusetts)
• Station from Great Plain Avenue from Google Maps Street View