Brandeis/Roberts station
Brandeis/Roberts station serves as an MBTA Commuter Rail stop located in Waltham, Massachusetts, positioned along the Fitchburg Line adjacent to the campus of Brandeis University. The station is equipped with fully accessible mini-high platforms on each track.
History
On June 17, 1844, the Fitchburg Railroad extended its route from Waltham to Concord. By 1852, a flag stop known as Roberts Crossing—later shortened to Roberts—was established near South Street, named after John Roberts, who owned a nearby paper mill.
In 1887, new station buildings were erected at both Roberts and the nearby Stony Brook locations. Early in 1893, a roundhouse was inaugurated at Roberts, replacing an earlier facility in Waltham. Although the Boston and Maine Railroad ceased operations in the station building in 1937, trains continued to serve the platform.
The station adopted the name Brandeis–Roberts around 1977 or 1978 to acknowledge the university’s expansion. A renovation costing $70,000 was finalized on December 18, 1986, which included the installation of accessible mini-high platforms either at that time or approximately by 1991.