West Station

Boston, Italy

West Station is a planned station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Framingham/Worcester Line, to be located in the former Beacon Park Yard in Allston, Massachusetts, United States. It was initially proposed as part of a project to straighten the Massachusetts Turnpike through the yard, allowing much of the

land to be redeveloped. As of 2026, plans for the station have not proceeded beyond conceptual studies. West Station has been proposed for over a decade. By July 2016, the state planned to file a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the project in 2017 and hoped to break ground in 2019. It was then estimated to cost $25 million, to be split between Harvard University (which owns the surrounding land), the state, and a third party (intended to be Boston University pending negotiations). In December 2017, the state announced that the station cost had increased to $95 million, and that it would not open until 2040. In January 2018, Harvard increased its pledge to $50 million, with an additional $8 million incentive to build an interim station. In August 2023, the City of Boston, Harvard University, Boston University and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) collectively...

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