Brandon Hall station

Brandon Hall
An outbound train at Brandon Hall station in 2024
General information
Location1481 Beacon Street
Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′24″N 71°07′43″W / 42.34007°N 71.12866°W / 42.34007; -71.12866
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
History
RebuiltAugust–December 2026
Passengers
2011356 daily boardings[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Fairbanks Street
toward Cleveland Circle
 Green Line Summit Avenue
toward Government Center
Location

Brandon Hall station is a temporarily closed light rail stop on the Green Line C branch of the MBTA subway system, located in the median of Beacon Street 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 is not accessible; a reconstruction for accessibility is taking place in 2026. The station is temporarily closed from August 8 to October 4, 2026, to allow the work to take place.

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]

The MBTA awarded a $41.9 million design-build contract in April 2025.[10] Designs shown in February 2026 called for the platforms at Brandon Hall to be widened and rebuilt at their existing locations.[11] By March 2026, preliminary construction work was expected to take place in May 2026, followed by main construction from August to December 2026.[12] Following a closure of the entire C Branch from August 8-16, 2026, the station will remain closed until October 4, 2026 for reconstruction.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "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. ↑
  10. ↑ Dunlevy, Gwen (April 24, 2025). "MBTA Construction Contract No. A26CN04 Design Build Green Line C Branch Short Term Accessibility Improvements" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  11. ↑ "Green Line C Branch Station Accessibility Upgrade Project". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. February 3, 2026. p. 20.
  12. ↑ "Green Line C Branch Station Accessibility Upgrades Project: Town of Brookline Pre-Construction Public Meeting". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. March 30, 2026. p. 26.
  13. ↑ "MBTA Announces August Service Changes" (Press release). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. July 15, 2026.

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