Milton (MBTA station)

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Milton Station
MBTA light rail
Station statistics
Address 1 Adams Street
at 1 Elliot Street
Milton, MA 02186
Coordinates 42°16′12.33″N 71°04′03.40″W / 42.2700917, -71.067611
Lines
Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line
Structure grade-separated
Platforms low side platforms
Parking 41 spaces, $3.00 fee
4 accessible spaces
Bicycle facilities 8 spaces
Other information
Opened 1848 (Old Colony)
1929 (Boston Elevated)
Closed 1926
June 24, 2006 – December 22, 2007[1]
Rebuilt December 2007
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Formerly Milton Mills (before 1871)
Milton Lower Mills (1871–1885)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
Butler
toward Ashmont
 Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line
Central Avenue
toward Mattapan

Milton Station is a rail station in Milton, Massachusetts on the MBTA Mattapan High Speed Line, which provides light rail service between Ashmont and Mattapan stations. The station is located in the Lower Mills Historic District.

[edit] History

The Milton Station originally opened in 1848 as Milton Mills, a station on the Dorchester and Milton Branch Railroad, a subsidiary of the Old Colony Railroad.[2]

In June 2006, Milton Station was closed for 18 months while the MBTA renovated stations on the Mattapan High Speed Line. During reconstruction, trolley service was replaced by shuttle buses. Trolley service resumed in 2007.[1][3]

[edit] Bus connections

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b MBTA > Transit Projects > Ashmont Station. MBTA. Retrieved on 2007-11-16.
  2. ^ Poor, Henry V. (1860). History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States. New York: J.H. Schultz, 113. OCLC 6838395. 
  3. ^ Mattapan Trolley Re-opens. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (December 20, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
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