Milton (MBTA station)

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MILTON

A PCC car arrives at the inbound platform
Station statistics
Address 1 Adams Street at 1 Eliot Street
Milton, MA 02186
Coordinates 42°16′12.33″N 71°04′03.40″W / 42.2700917°N 71.0676111°W / 42.2700917; -71.0676111Coordinates: 42°16′12.33″N 71°04′03.40″W / 42.2700917°N 71.0676111°W / 42.2700917; -71.0676111
Line(s)
  Red Line– Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line
Platforms 2 low side platforms
Tracks 2
Parking 41 spaces (paid)
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
Formerly Milton Mills (1848–1871)
Milton Lower Mills (1871–1885)
Traffic
Passengers (2010)240 (weekday inbound average)[2]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
toward Ashmont
 Red Line
toward Mattapan

Milton Station is a rail station on the border of Milton, Massachusetts and Boston, 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.

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.[3]

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][4]

Bus connections

References

  • Cheney, Frank (2002). Boston's Red Line: Bridging the Charles from Alewife to Braintree. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 0-7385-1047-5. 
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "MBTA > Transit Projects > Ashmont Station". MBTA. Retrieved 2007-11-16. 
  2. ↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2012. 
  3. ↑ Poor, Henry V. (1860). History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States. New York: J.H. Schultz. p. 113. OCLC 6838395. 
  4. ↑ "Mattapan Trolley Re-opens". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. December 20, 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-24. 

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