The Worcester Line first opened as the Boston and Worcester Railroad in 1834 and was one of the first railroads with commuter-oriented service. Once part of the Boston and Albany Railroad service was extended to New York and beyond. The line had four tracks from Boston through Newton but when the Massachusetts Turnpike was extended to Boston in 1964 the line was reduced to two tracks and many of the H.H. Richardson stations were demolished to make way for the highway. The Boston and Albany rail yard in Back Bay was sold off and redeveloped as the Prudential Center with the Worcester Line running through the development. Service to between Albany and Worcester was ended in 1970 but restored in 1975. The Worcester Line is not entirely owned by the MBTA and suffers from delays by freight trains and poor quality track. Because of this many trains are short turned at Framingham, which is the limit of MBTA ownership. Two new stations within Boston have opened recently, the Boston Landing station to serve the New Balance headquarters in Brighton and the Landsdown (previously Yawkey) station to serve Fenway. A new station has been proposed in Allston, West Station, as part of a new transit oriented development.
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