Gilman Square station

Gilman Square
An inbound train at Gilman Square station, December 2022
General information
Location	Medford Street at Pearl Street Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°23′17″N 71°05′48″W / 42.38792°N 71.09677°W / 42.38792; -71.09677
Line(s)	Medford Branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA bus: 80
Construction
Bicycle facilities	100-space "Pedal and Park" bicycle cage 40 spaces on racks
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	December 12, 2022
Passengers
2030 (projected)	4,410 daily boardings[1]: 48
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Magoun Square toward Medford/​Tufts Green Line E branch East Somerville toward Heath Street
Former services (Winter Hill station) Preceding station Boston and Maine Railroad Following station Somerville Junction toward Concord, NH Boston – Concord, NH Prospect Hill toward Boston Somerville Junction toward Lowell or Reformatory Lexington Branch Somerville Junction toward Northampton Central Mass Branch
Location

Gilman Square station is a light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line located at Gilman Square in Somerville, Massachusetts. The accessible station has a single island platform serving the two tracks of the Medford Branch. It opened on December 12, 2022, as part of the Green Line Extension (GLX), which added two northern branches to the Green Line, and is served by the E branch.

The location was previously served by railroad stations. The Boston and Lowell Railroad (B&L) opened a station at Winter Hill in 1863; it was rebuilt in 1886–1888. The station was served by the Boston and Maine Railroad, successor to the B&L, until 1937. Extensions to the Green Line were proposed throughout the 20th century, most with Winter Hill as one of the intermediate stations. A Gilman Square station at the Winter Hill site was officially chosen for the GLX in 2008. Cost increases triggered a wholesale reevaluation of the GLX project in 2015, and a scaled-down station design was released in 2016. A design and construction contract was issued in 2017. Construction of Gilman Square station began in early 2020 and was largely completed by late 2021.