Wood Island station is a rapid transit and bus station on in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA Blue Line and the MBTA bus system. It is located off Bennington Street (Route 145) in the Day Square section of East Boston. The station also serves as a bus transfer point for several local routes. The station is adjacent to the former Wood Island Park, a once heavily used recreational area for East Boston residents. Most of the park was destroyed in the mid 1960s to expand Logan International Airport. History Predecessor stations The narrow gauge Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad (BRB&L) opened from East Boston to Lynn on July 29, 1875. Wood Island station was located at Prescott Street in what was then the Wood Island neighborhood, approximately at . It opened along with the rest of the line on July 29, 1875. The station was abandoned when the BRB&L ceased operations in 1940, and demolished several years later during expansion of Logan Airport. The station site is now occupied by aviation support businesses. Harbor View, the next station to the northeast, was located at Short Street at . Harbor View was a boxy station of identical design to Wood Island, though it was not an original station on the line and opened later than its twin. Located a short walk from Bennington Street, it lost much of its ridership to East Boston Tunnel trolleys, and was closed significantly sooner than the rest of the BRB&L. The building was sold, moved closer to Cowper Street, and converted to a private residence. By 1928 the line was electrified, with pre-pay stations - more a rapid transit line than a conventional railroad. However, due to the Great Depression, the BRB&L shut down on January 27, 1940. Rapid transit In 1941, the Boston Elevated Railway bought the BRB&L right of way from Day Square to Revere Beach for use as a high-speed trolley line similar to the Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line; these plans were delayed by the onset of World War II. However, the 1926 Report on Improved Transportation Facilities and 1945–47 Coolidge Commission Report recommended that the East Boston Tunnel line, which had been converted to rapid transit from streetcars in 1924, be extended to Lynn via the BBRB&L route rather than using it for a trolley line. In 1947, the newly formed Metropolitan Transit Authority (M.T.A.) decided to build to