Milton station (MBTA)
MILTON | |||||||||||
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 A PCC car arrives at the inbound platform in 2012 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 1 Adams Street at 1 Eliot Street Milton, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°16′12.33″N 71°04′03.40″W / 42.2700917°N 71.0676111°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1848 (Old Colony) August 26, 1929 (Boston Elevated) | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1926 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | June 24, 2006 — December 22, 2007 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Milton Mills (1848–1871) Milton Lower Mills (1871–1885) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2010 | 240 (weekday inbound average)[1] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Milton is a light rail station in Milton, Massachusetts. Located in the Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District, it serves the MBTA's Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line. This station is wheelchair accessible via wooden ramps on both platforms.
History
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.[2] The station was renamed Milton Lower Mills in 1871, and to the more distinguished Milton on February 2, 1885.[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 was 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]
On March 18, 1968, the Neponset River flooded the line at Milton station. Restoration work began at 6:00 am on March 21 as the waters receded; service was resumed by 4:30 pm.[5]
In June 2006, Milton station was closed for 18 months while the MBTA renovated stations on the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line. Trolley service was replaced by shuttle buses, and resumed in December 2007.[4][6]
Bus connections
One MBTA Bus route directly serves Milton station:
- 217 Quincy Center Station – Ashmont Station via Beale Street, Wollaston, & East Milton Square
References
- ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
- ^ Poor, Henry V. (1860). History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States. New York: J. H. Schultz. p. 113. OCLC 6838395.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan (22 March 2014). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ Fourth Annual Report (Covering the period October 1, 1967 - October 31, 1968) of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 1968. p. 218 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Mattapan Trolley Re-opens". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. December 20, 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
External links
Media related to Milton station (MBTA) at Wikimedia Commons
