Wellesley Square (MBTA station)
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Wellesley Square is a passenger rail station on MBTA Commuter Rail
's Framingham/Worcester Line
. It is officially located at 1 Grove Street in Wellesley, Massachusetts
, which is north of the west end of the MA 16
-135 multiplex and west of the historic Wellesley Town Hall
. The station house was designed by H. H. Richardson's
successors Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
in 1889 for the Boston & Albany Railroad, and is located on the south side of the tracks Parking is available on both sides of the tracks, and the north sided parking lot is available on Linden Street, across the Crest Road bridge.
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...
's Framingham/Worcester Line
Framingham/Worcester Line
The Framingham/Worcester Line is a railroad line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running west from Boston, Massachusetts to Worcester, Massachusetts, though some trains terminate at Framingham, Massachusetts...
. It is officially located at 1 Grove Street in Wellesley, Massachusetts
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Wellesley is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of Greater Boston. The population was 27,982 at the time of the 2010 census.It is best known as the home of Wellesley College and Babson College...
, which is north of the west end of the MA 16
Massachusetts Route 16
Route 16 is an east–west state highway in Massachusetts. It begins in the west at an intersection with Route 12 and Route 193 in Webster, just north of the Connecticut state border...
-135 multiplex and west of the historic Wellesley Town Hall
Wellesley Town Hall
Wellesley Town Hall is a historic building at 525 Washington Street inWellesley, Massachusetts.The town hall was built in 1881 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.-References:...
. The station house was designed by H. H. Richardson's
Henry Hobson Richardson
Henry Hobson Richardson was a prominent American architect who designed buildings in Albany, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and other cities. The style he popularized is named for him: Richardsonian Romanesque...
successors Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge was a successful architecture firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, operating between 1886 and 1915, with extensive commissions in monumental civic and collegiate architecture in the spirit and style of Henry Hobson Richardson....
in 1889 for the Boston & Albany Railroad, and is located on the south side of the tracks Parking is available on both sides of the tracks, and the north sided parking lot is available on Linden Street, across the Crest Road bridge.