Newton Highlands
Newton Highlands is one of two 'D' branch stations that still has its historic Boston and Albany Railroad Station house. This depot was built in 1887 and is now home to a dentist and other types of professional offices. The tracks here are in an open-cut beneath local streets so the depot has two levels and is along the outbound platform. The inbound platform has both the standard wooden enclosure of the 'D' Branch and the modern Charlie enclosure. Each platform still just has the wide yellow line but each also has a mobile-lift for ADA boarding procedures. Access both to the outbound platform is via a steep ramp down from Station Avenue next to the depot and a ramp down from the SE corner of Station Avenue and Walnut street that crosses the tracks on a bridge just beyond the outbound ends of the platforms.
Photos 4-13 taken on 15 December June, 2011 and 14-17 on 16 December, 2011, 18-23: 21 December, 2013
Eliot