Riverside

"Aria’s MBTA Station Review! Yay Riverside Station! :D Nice little station with a cool building. Lots of parking and also has a bicycle cage. Pretty average station has what I expect. 5/10"

"Terrible station. Absolutely nothing around is but parking lots and an abandoned hotel, and the only bus route here runs 6 times a day, and trolley service is terrible. It's not 24 hours and during the day, runs are cancelled or late that create 20 minute headways. Terrible. MBTA is useless"

"It's the only way to go into the city. Everybody knows the golden rule, you don't drive in Boston"

"The Riverside MBTA station is a Green Line light rail stop operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and is situated in Newton, Massachusetts' Auburndale village. It is where the Green Line D branch service ends on the western side. The station doubles as a regional park and ride and is situated close to the intersection of Route 128 and Interstate 95, also known as the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90). The largest storage yard and primary maintenance facility for the Green Line is located at Riverside Yard, west of the station. Access to the station is complete. This is a proposal for mixed-use development on a section of the Riverside MBTA parcel. Businesses, retail and commercial space, and residential units would all be part of the project. The development would improve the infrastructure in the area and is meant to be transit-oriented. In 1834, the Boston and Worcester Railroad began service through Newton. Dedicated to its location directly east of the railroad's Charles River bridge, the Riverside station opened its doors in 1850. In 1867, the railroad amalgamated to form the Boston and Albany Railroad (B&A). The B&A finished building its Highland branch in 1886, and it rejoined the mainline at Riverside. The mainline and the branch were used to operate the "Newton Circuit" service. 1958 saw the end of Highland Branch service as it was converted to a streetcar line. In a former gravel pit south of the current station, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority constructed a new Riverside station with a sizable commuter parking lot and brick station building. On July 4, 1959, streetcar service was launched. October 28, 1977 saw the end of limited commuter rail service to the mainline station. At the north end of the yard, new elevated platforms were constructed in 1995, and the station that was built in 1959 was converted into a bus terminal. When low-floor light rail vehicles arrived in 2002, the station was made accessible thanks to the platforms that were built in 1995 and elevated slightly above track level. The only Green Line surface-level station with a prepayment (fare controlled) platform area is Riverside. Passengers can now board at any door thanks to this. Only after the current platforms opened in 1995 during peak hours in the morning did fare control become fully implemented with the introduction of the CharlieCard fare card system in 2006. There is still a track connection to the main line, and catenary has been installed up to the junction so that cars delivered by the railroad can be offloaded onto the light rail system. Severe flooding on October 20, 1996, caused the Muddy River to overflow its banks and flooded the Green Line subway from the western portals to Boylston. A commuter rail shuttle was operated from a makeshift platform at Riverside to South Station from October 23 to October 25 utilizing the old track connection. Limited service is available to Riverside from intercity bus services to and from Boston, such as Greyhound Lines, Peter Pan Bus Lines, Go Buses, and Megabus. Early in 2010, this was put on hold, but in October of that same year, it was put back in place. The state had announced plans in 2014 for Riverside to serve as the endpoint of a proposed DMU Indigo Line that would connect to South Station through the former track connection; however, those plans were canceled in 2015. As part of an area trail network, a private group intends to renovate the pedestrian underpass at the former mainline station. In 2019, the state granted funding for design, totaling $100,000. To accommodate new Type 10 LRVs, Riverside Yard will be altered in the latter half of the 2020s."

"Nice station, clean enough, and there is a lot of parking available. It's easy to take the green line into Boston from here."