Milton (MBTA station)

MILTON
A PCC car arrives at the inbound platform
Location	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
Connections	MBTA Bus: 217
Construction
Parking	41 spaces ($4.00 fee) 4 accessible spaces
Bicycle facilities	8 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1848 (Old Colony) August 26, 1929 (Boston Elevated)
Closed	1926 June 24, 2006 – December 22, 2007[1]
Rebuilt	December 2007
Previous names	Milton Mills (1848–1871) Milton Lower Mills (1871–1885)
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	240 (weekday inbound average)[2]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Butler toward Ashmont Red Line Mattapan High Speed Line Central Avenue 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

Milton station in 1923, shortly before the conversion to trolleys

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]

Conversion of the section between Ashmont and Mattapan to an interurban-style trolley line by the Boston Elevated Railway began in 1926, and the segment of the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line from Ashmont to Milton opened on August 26, 1929. Milton was the terminus of the trolley line until the remaining segment to Mattapan opened on December 21, 1929.^[4]

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][5]

Bus connections

One MBTA Bus route directly serves Milton station:

• 217 Quincy Center Station – Ashmont Station via Beale Street, Wollaston, & East Milton Square

References

External links

• MBTA - Milton
• Media related to Milton (MBTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Adams Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Subway lines (List of stations) Heavy rail      Blue      Orange      Red Light rail      Green "B" Branch "C" Branch "D" Branch "E" Branch      Ashmont–Mattapan      Commuter Rail lines (List of stations) North Station lines Fitchburg Haverhill (Wildcat Branch) Lowell Newburyport/Rockport South Station lines Fairmount Framingham/Worcester Franklin Greenbush Needham Old Colony (Kingston/Plymouth Middleborough/Lakeville      CapeFLYER) Providence/Stoughton Bus routes (List of routes)      Silver Crosstown routes Key routes Trackless trolleys Routes East Boston, Chelsea, Revere Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield South Boston Other services      Boat The Ride Component parts of system lines      Boylston Street Subway      Haymarket North Extension      Lechmere Viaduct      Tremont Street Subway      Washington Street Subway Under construction           Government Center closure      Green Line Extension      South Coast Rail      Wachusett extension Proposed      Lynn extension           Red Line—Blue Line Connector Urban Ring Project      North–South Rail Link      Plaistow extension      Nashua extension      Westerly extension      Indigo Line (Fairmount Grand Junction Track 61) History Predecessor companies Boston Elevated Railway Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Newton and Boston Street Railway Former lines      Atlantic Avenue Elevated      Causeway Street Elevated      Charlestown Elevated      Green Line "A" Branch      Lexington Branch Streetcar lines      Washington Street Elevated      Woburn Loop      History of the Green Line Other Accessibility Arts on the Line "Charlie on the M.T.A." CharlieCard Police Nomenclature Yards and maintenance facilities