Medford/Tufts station

Medford/Tufts station is an under-construction light rail station on the MBTA Green Line E Branch, to be located at College Avenue next to Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. It will be the northern terminus of the E Branch. Medford/Tufts will consist of one island platform, which will serve the E Branch's two tracks.
Previous commuter rail stations on what is now the Lowell Line were located nearby from the mid 19th century to 1958, and from 1977 to 1979.
History.
Railroad stations.
The Boston and Lowell Railroad opened through Medford in 1835, though local stops were not added immediately. Cambridge Road station was in use at what is now Harvard Street by 1852. Tufts College was founded that year; by 1855, Cambridge Road was replaced with Tufts College station on the west side of the tracks at what is now College Avenue.
Soon renamed College Hill, the station building was a converted residential structure. The college's post office was located in the station, with the station agent serving as the postmaster, until a separate post office was built nearby in 1885. By 1889, the station was located on the north side of the tracks just west of College Avenue. On May 3, 1897, the older station building was replaced with a brick structure, located on the opposite side of the tracks and slightly to the south at Pearson Street. At that time, it was renamed Tufts College, matching the post office name, at the request of students. The former station was twice burnt by students during riots after football games in November 1905.
Tufts College station was commonly used by students; special trains operated direct from the station for some away football games. However, streetcars consolidated under the Boston Elevated Railway cut sharply into local railroad traffic. The station building was repurposed by around 1920 as a theatre workshop, with a small wooden shelter for passengers. On April 18, 1958, the Public Utilities Commission approved a vast set of cuts to Boston and Maine Railroad commuter service, including the closure of North Somerville, Tufts College, and Medford Hillside stations. The three stations were closed on May 18, 1958, amid the first of a series of cuts.
On September 15, 1977, the MBTA opened Tufts University station near the Tufts College station site. It was abandoned in October 1979 due to poor ridership. A College Avenue commuter rail station was listed in 2012 as a possible interim air quality mitigation measure in response to delays in building the Green Line Extension. However, such a station would have been costly to build and could not have been completed by the 2015 deadline, and was thus not supported by MassDOT.
Green Line station.
In December 2016, the projected opening of the station was delayed to 2021. The station name was called College Avenue during planning; the change to Medford/Tufts was announced on January 2, 2020 Tufts will pay $2 million in maintenance costs over 10 years in exchange for the name.
Construction on the station began by August 2020, with retaining wall work preceding it. Public art at the station will include "Speeding Green Line" – a blurred mural over the station entrance – as well as murals on panels on station signs. , the station is expected to open in December 2021. Original plans called for the D Branch to be extended to Medford/Tufts. However, in April 2021, the MBTA indicated that the Medford Branch would instead be served by the E Branch.