Central Avenue (MBTA station)

CENTRAL AVE
Location	Central Avenue off Eliot Street Milton, MA
Coordinates	42°16′12″N 71°04′24″W / 42.269965°N 71.073249°W / 42.269965; -71.073249Coordinates: 42°16′12″N 71°04′24″W / 42.269965°N 71.073249°W / 42.269965; -71.073249
Line(s)	Red Line– Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA Bus
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	June 19, 1882[1] 1929
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	521 (weekday inbound average)[2]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Milton toward Ashmont Red Line Mattapan High Speed Line Valley Road toward Mattapan

Central Avenue is a station on MBTA's Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line, a branch of the Red Line. The station is located on Central Avenue off Eliot Street on the border of Boston and Milton, Massachusetts. Central Avenue consists of two side platforms which serve the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line's two tracks. The station opened in 1929 along with the rest of the line. It closed on June 24, 2006, for a yearlong renovation of the Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line. Central Avenue reopened on December 22, 2007. The station is wheelchair accessible via wooden ramps on both platforms.

MBTA Bus connections

• 240 — Avon Square or Holbrook/Randolph Commuter Rail Station – Ashmont Station via Crawford Square, Randolph

References

External links

• MBTA — Central Avenue station
• Station from Central Avenue 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 Former lines      Arborway Line      Atlantic Avenue Elevated      Causeway Street Elevated      Charlestown Elevated      Green Line "A" Branch      Washington Street Elevated
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 Former lines Central Mass Branch Dedham Branch Lexington Branch Millis Branch Woburn Branch
Bus routes (List of routes)	Silver Line 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
Capital projects	Under construction      Blue Hill Avenue station           Forest Hills modifications      Green Line Extension      Haverhill Line upgrades           Silver Line Gateway / Chelsea station In planning / proposed      Buzzards Bay extension      Foxboro service      Hyde Square extension      Hynes Convention Center renovation      Kingston R.I. extension      Nashua extension      North–South Rail Link      Quincy Center garage replacement      Roslindale Village extension      Route 16 extension      South Coast Rail      South Salem station      Wollaston renovation      Framingham/Worcester Line upgrades Formerly proposed      Arborway Line restoration      Indigo Line (Fairmount Grand Junction Track 61)      Lexington extension      Plaistow extension      Reading extension           Red Line—Blue Line Connector      Milford/Hopedale extension      Lynn extension      Urban Ring Project
History	Predecessor companies Boston Elevated Railway Streetcar lines Boston and Maine Railroad Conrail New York Central Railroad New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Penn Central Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Newton and Boston Street Railway Accidents and incidents      1990 Back Bay      2008 Waban/Woodland
Other	Accessibility Arts on the Line Bicycling CharlieCard Grand Junction Railroad "Charlie on the M.T.A." Nomenclature Police                Winter Street Concourse Yards and maintenance facilities