Thompson Square (MBTA station)

THOMPSON SQUARE

Thompson Square station, circa 1970
Location Charlestown, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′30.16″N 71°3′50.52″W / 42.3750444°N 71.0640333°W / 42.3750444; -71.0640333Coordinates: 42°22′30.16″N 71°3′50.52″W / 42.3750444°N 71.0640333°W / 42.3750444; -71.0640333
Owned by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)
  Orange Line
Tracks 2
History
Opened May 22, 1902[1]
Closed April 4, 1975[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
toward Forest Hills
Orange Line
toward Everett

Thompson Square was a rapid transit station on the Charlestown Elevated, part of the MBTA's Orange Line. It opened on May 22, 1902 - almost a year after the rest of the Charlestown El - as an infill station. It was closed in 1975, when the line was rerouted into a tunnel that was constructed as part of the Haymarket North Extension project.[1]

The station was lowered to the ground, with plans to reuse the structure as a restaurant, but it was destroyed by fire on April 19, 1976, before the conversion could be done.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Belcher, Jonathan (27 December 2014). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Giordano, Kathleen Whelan (26 July 2011). "The Removal of the "El"". Charlestown Patch. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Fire destroys converted train station". Berkshire Eagle. 21 April 1975. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.

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