Brandon Hall station

Brandon Hall station is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line C branch in Brookline, Massachusetts. Brandon Hall station has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. It is not accessible, although a wheelchair lift allows accessible passage between the two elevations of the two halves of Beacon Street at the station. With 356 daily passengers by a 2011 count, Brandon Hall was the second-least-used stop on the C branch after Hawes Street.^[1]

Brandon Hall
An outbound train at Brandon Hall station in 2024
General information
Location	1481 Beacon Street Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42.340071°N 71.128664°W / 42.340071; -71.128664
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Passengers
2011	356 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Fairbanks Street toward Cleveland Circle Green Line C branch Summit Avenue toward Government Center
Location

The MBTA plans to consolidate Brandon Hall and the nearby Fairbanks Street station into a single accessible combined station by the end of 2026.

History

Brandon Hall in 1903

The station retains the name of Brandon Hall, a large hotel built in 1903 just south of the station.^[2][3] The hotel was destroyed by fire on April 26, 1946, after housing 400 SPARS during World War II.^[4][5]

Track work in 2018–19, which included replacement of platform edges at several stops, triggered requirements for accessibility modifications at those stops.^[6] Design work for Brandon Hall and seven other C Branch stations was 15% complete by December 2022.^[7] Designs shown in February 2024 called for Fairbanks Street and Brandon Hall stations to be consolidated into a single station between their present locations. Accessible ramps to the north side of Beacon Street would be built at Lancaster Terrace and Mason Path.^[8] In May 2024, the Federal Transit Administration awarded the MBTA $67 million to construct accessible platforms at 14 B and C branch stops including the combined station.^[9] As of June 2024^[update], construction is expected to be complete in fall 2026.^[10]