Central Avenue station (MBTA)
Appearance
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Central Avenue off Eliot Street Milton, MA | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°16′12″N 71°04′24″W / 42.269965°N 71.073249°W | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | MBTA Bus | ||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | June 19, 1882[1] 1929 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2010 | 521 (weekday inbound average)[2] | ||||||||||
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Central Avenue is an MBTA transit station on in Boston and Milton, Massachusetts. It serves the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line, a branch of the Red Line. The station is located on Central Avenue off Eliot Street on the Boston-Milton border. 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. 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
- ^ 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. 17. Railway and Locomotive Historical Society: 15–28. JSTOR 43504499.
- ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
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