It serves the Framingham/Worcester Line, and is located inside the Massachusetts Turnpike Exit 16 rotary in the village of West Newton.

West Newton was the first terminus of the Boston and Worcester Railroad in April 1834, and one of the first locations in the world from which workers could commute to a city by rail for regular working hours.

[2] By the late 1840s, a dedicated station building was located on the north side of the tracks just west of Chestnut Street.

[6] A 2011 village plan prepared for the city by MIT proposed a four-story development integrated with a rebuilt commuter rail station, with two high-level side platforms providing accessible boarding on both tracks.

[11][12] Design work for the Newton stations was paused at 75% completion in September 2023 because project costs had risen to $255 million.