Central Avenue station (MBTA)
Central Avenue | |||||||||||||
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Location | 23 Central Avenue, Milton, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°16′12″N 71°04′24″W / 42.269965°N 71.073249°WCoordinates: 42°16′12″N 71°04′24″W / 42.269965°N 71.073249°W | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Milton Branch | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Connections | MBTA bus: 240 BAT: 12 | ||||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | June 19, 1882[1] 1929 | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2010 | 521 (weekday inbound average)[2] | ||||||||||||
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Central Avenue station is a light rail station located off Central Avenue near Eliot Street in Milton, Massachusetts. It serves the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line, a branch of the MBTA Red Line. 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 line, and reopened on December 22, 2007.[3] The station is accessible via wooden ramps on both platforms.
References[]
- ^ Jacobs, Warren (October 1928). "Dates of Some of the Principal Events in the History of 100 Years of the Railroad in New England. 1826-1926". Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. 17: 15–28. JSTOR 43504499.
- ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
- ^ Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
External links[]
Media related to Central Avenue station (MBTA) at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Red Line (MBTA) stations
- Railway stations in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- Railway stations in Boston
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1929
- Milton, Massachusetts
- Tram stubs
- Massachusetts railway station stubs