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| type= | image=Forest Hills Station.jpg | image_size= | image_caption=Forest Hills Station, looking south from the Casey Overpass | address=Washington Street and Hyde Park Avenue, Jamaica Plain, Boston | coordinates = | line= | other= MBTA Bus: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | platform=2 island platforms (1 for each service) | tracks=2 (Orange Line) 4 (commuter rail) | parking=206 spaces ($6.00 fee) 5 accessible spaces | bicycle=32 spaces ("Pedal and Park" bicycle cage) | passengers=15,150 (Orange Line weekday average) 112 (Needham Line inbound average)〔 | pass_year=2013 | pass_percent= | opened=November 22, 1909 (elevated rapid transit station) | rebuilt=May 4, 1987 (modern combined station) | ADA=Yes | code= | owned=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | zone= | former=Tollgate | services= }} Forest Hills Station is an intermodal transfer station located in Forest Hills in the southern part of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the southern terminus of the rapid transit MBTA Orange Line, a stop on the MBTA Commuter Rail Needham Line, and a major terminus for MBTA Bus routes. The Providence/Stoughton Line and Franklin Line, as well as Amtrak ''Acela Express'' and ''Northeast Regional'' trains, pass the station without stopping. The station is surrounded by large parks, to the west of the station is Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum, part of Boston's Emerald Necklace. To the east is the Forest Hills Cemetery and Franklin Park, another part of Boston's Emerald Necklace. The station also marks the southern end of the linear Southwest Corridor Park, built over and around the Southwest Corridor which carries Amtrak, commuter rail, and Orange Line trains into the center of Boston. Several small retailers are located in the station, including a donut/coffee shop, newspaper stand and florist. During warmer months a farmer's stand is set up. In addition the station features an MBTA Police substation. Park and ride parking spaces for 206 cars are available on the station grounds. Overnight parking is not allowed. Forest Hills station is fully handicapped accessible on all modes. ==History== The Boston and Providence Railroad opened through the site in 1835; a branch to Dedham via West Roxbury opened in 1850. The station at Forest Hills was originally known as Tollgate as it was located at the crossing of the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike (today's Washington Street). The West Roxbury Railroad opened a streetcar line from downtown and along Centre and South Streets to Jamaica Plain in 1857, followed immediately by the Metropolitan Railway's line along Washington Street to Forest Hills. The former route was electrified in 1891 and extended to Arborway Carhouse in Arborway Yard in 1902; by 1906 the whole route was running into the Tremont Street Subway as the Arborway Line. Between 1891 and 1897, the New Haven Railroad raised its main line from just south of Back Bay to Forest Hills onto a 4-track stone embankment to eliminate dangerous grade crossings. The Forest Hills viaduct was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted as an important element of the Emerald Necklace. Five new local stations in Dorchester and Jamaica, including Forest Hills, opened on June 1, 1897. On November 22, 1909, the Washington Street Elevated was extended from Dudley to Forest Hills, with a grand elevated station and a maintenance facility located between Hyde Park Avenue and the mainline tracks.〔 As with most Boston Elevated Railway stations, Forest Hills was designed for efficient streetcar-to-elevated transfers; Forest Hills and nearby Arborway became major streetcar hubs. The New Haven Railroad briefly operated high-frequency local service from Forest Hills to South Station, but it failed to compete with the El and was cut back. The five local stops were abandoned on September 29, 1940.〔 The Forest Hills stop alone was revived in June 1973 for Needham Line service. From 1979 to 1987, Forest Hills was completely rebuilt as an intermodal transfer station as part of the Southwest Corridor project. The project involved removing the century-old viaduct and moving the tracks into a trench with three mainline tracks plus two Orange Line tracks to replace the aging Washington Street Elevated. The new rapid transit stations mirror the locations of the former mainline stations between Forest Hills and Back Bay. Needham Line service was suspended on October 13, 1979; Providence/Stoughton Line and Franklin Line service (which do not stop) were rerouted over the Fairmount Line on November 3, 1979.〔 The Forest Hills viaduct was destroyed with a controlled explosion on November 12, 1983; work on the new station began on June 1, 1984. The $38 million station, designed by Cambridge Seven Associates, was constructed of brick, steel and glass; it was meant to resemble a greenhouse to fit in with the surrounding parks. The station's $120,000 clock tower has become a local landmark; it is mirrored by four interior clocks.〔 Orange Line service on the El ended on May 4, 1987, and began on the Southwest Corridor on May 7. The corridor reopened to commuter rail and Amtrak on October 5, 1987, though Needham Line service did not resume until October 19.〔 The new station included streetcar loops on the north end of the station, also signed as "Forest Hills", to allow closer connections than were available at Arborway. On December 28, 1985, Arborway Line (Green Line "E" Branch) service was "temporarily" suspended while construction work was performed in the Huntington Avenue Subway. Service was restored to Brigham Circle on July 26, 1986 and Heath Street on November 4, 1989.〔 However, service was never restored to Forest Hills due to the MBTA's objection to running streetcars in mixed traffic. Restoration of Green Line trolley service to Arborway was part of air pollution remediation promised for the Big Dig, but a lawsuit mandating the return of service was defeated in court in January 2011, nullifying plans to restore service. Green Line signage is still present on the loops and elsewhere in the station. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Forest Hills (MBTA station)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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