Capen Street (MBTA station)

CAPEN ST
Trolley at the outbound platform at Capen Street
Location	Capen Street off Eliot Street Milton, MA
Coordinates	42°16′03″N 71°05′15″W / 42.267622°N 71.087436°W / 42.267622; -71.087436Coordinates: 42°16′03″N 71°05′15″W / 42.267622°N 71.087436°W / 42.267622; -71.087436
Line(s)	Red Line– Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	August 26, 1929
Rebuilt	June 24, 2006 – December 22, 2007
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	58 (weekday inbound average)[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Valley Road toward Ashmont Red Line Mattapan High Speed Line Mattapan Terminus

Capen Street (signed as Capen St) is a station on MBTA's Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line, a branch of the Red Line. The station is located on Capen Street off Eliot Street in Milton, Massachusetts. The station opened on August 26, 1929, as did the rest of the line. On June 24, 2006, it closed for a yearlong renovation of the Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line. Capen Street reopened on December 22, 2007, along with the rest of the line.^[2]

Services

Capen Street serves the town of Milton, Massachusetts, and is the westernmost MBTA station within the town. The station is at grade level and is adjacent to the Capen Street grade crossing. From Capen Street, passengers can travel outbound to the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston or inbound to Ashmont where they can transfer to the heavy-rail portion of the Red Line and travel to other areas of Boston.

Capen Street consists of two side platforms which serve the Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line's two tracks. The platforms are staggered to allow trains to make the stop at Capen Street before crossing the street itself, as there is no signal at the grade crossing.^[3] Capen Street is wheelchair accessible via wooden ramps on both platforms. A small shelter is located on the inbound platform. Capen Street has no fare controls, and fares from the station are paid on the train.

Signage

Capen Street had red signage up until the Ashmont–Mattapan Line's closure for renovation in 2006.^[4] When the station reopened in 2007, green signage had been installed at the station as well as the other stations on the line, contrary to the MBTA's practice of color-coding signage to match the line.^[5] However, in 2008 the green signage was replaced with red signage to match the line's color.^[6]

References

External links

• MBTA — Capen Street
• Image of Capen Street in 1970

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