Suffolk Downs (MBTA station)

SUFFOLK DOWNS
Station statistics
Address 1230 Bennington St at Walley St,
East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
Lines
  Blue Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Parking 110 spaces
Other information
Opened April 21, 1952
Rebuilt January 3, 1984
June 24, 1995
Accessible
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
toward Bowdoin
 Blue Line
toward Wonderland

Suffolk Downs is a station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Blue Line, which runs between Bowdoin station, near Beacon Hill in Boston, and the Wonderland station in Revere, Massachusetts. Suffolk Downs station is on the part of the Blue Line that uses overhead lines instead of third rail.

Suffolk Downs station was originally built on April 21, 1952, on the site of a former Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad depot called Belle Isle station. The station was rebuilt on January 3, 1984, replacing the old station, which had lost its eastbound platform to a fire in 1976.

The station was closed for approximately one year starting on June 25, 1994, as the station was rebuilt. The Blue Line temporarily ended at Orient Heights and buses served the closed stations during the $467 million improvement project to upgrade four stations on the line. The station officially re-opened on June 24, 1995.[1]

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Bus connections

There are currently no bus connections at this station.

Nearby attractions

References

  1. ^ Blake, Andrew (1995-06-18). "Blue Line Stations Set to Reopen After $467M Upgrade". The Boston Globe. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADE15D3197DE2B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 

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