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with a lower cost design that has the station at ground level. The previous design had a two-story station with a platform on the level of the adjacent commuter rail tracks, which are elevated to cross the Mystic River. The new station would include enclosed bicycle parking, but no automobile parking.
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Winthrop Street bridge adjacent to the station was rebuilt in 1920 as part of a street widening project. The station building, as well as wooden sidewalks on the bridge, was damaged by a fire on September 21, 1946. Located in a cut at the bottom of College Hill, the tracks at the station were
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decided to allocate funding in the 2016-2020 time period for further extension of the Green Line from
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became station agent in 1877 at age 16 after the death of his father, an engineer who had worked on the railroad. He served as agent until around 1880; he took classes at Tufts
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to leave classes to sell tickets. The former station building was moved to Auburn Street in West
Medford around 1892, then moved again to nearby Cotting Street due to construction of the Mystic Valley Parkway.
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Notice of Project Change, Green Line Extension to Mystic Valley Parkway
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623:. George Adams. 1850. p. 50 – via Google Books.
592:. December 30, 1907. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
786:. August 19, 1955. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
804:. April 19, 1958. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
780:"Commuters Hit Hard as Rains K.O. Road and Rail Traffic"
574:. March 29, 1908. p. 60 – via Newspapers.com.
538:. Vol. 39, no. 1 – via Internet Archive.
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768:. June 20, 1922. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
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728:. May 12, 1920. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
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Proposed light rail station in Medford, Massachusetts
605:"The Evolution of Winchester's Four Railroad Depots"
532:"Medford Railroad Stations: Notes and Reminiscences"
826:. Boston Street Railway Association. p. 57.
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923:Op-Ed: Build The Green Line Extension To Rt. 16
848:"B.&M. Closes Saugus Branch, 3 Other Lines"
652:"Woburn/Middlesex Journal Newspaper Index, A-D"
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968:Proposed railway stations in the United States
822:Humphrey, Thomas J.; Clark, Norton D. (1985).
958:Railway stations in Somerville, Massachusetts
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424:to derail at the station on August 18, 1955.
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