Babcock Street station

BABCOCK STREET
An outbound train at Babcock Street in May 2011
Location Commonwealth Avenue at Babcock Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°21′06″N 71°07′18″W / 42.35169°N 71.121547°W / 42.35169; -71.121547Coordinates: 42°21′06″N 71°07′18″W / 42.35169°N 71.121547°W / 42.35169; -71.121547
Owned by MBTA
Line(s)
  Green Line – "B" Branch
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 1,387 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
Green Line
toward Park Street
  Former service  
toward Watertown
Green Line
toward Park Street

Babcock Street is a light rail surface station on the MBTA Green Line "B" Branch, located in the median of Commonwealth Avenue west of Babcock Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Babcock Street consists of two side platforms, which serve the "B" Branch's two tracks. The station was also shared by the former "A" Branch until that branch's discontinuation in 1969.

Stop consolidation

In October 2014, the MBTA began holding meetings for a proposal to consolidate four stops - Boston University West, St. Paul Street, Pleasant Street, and Babcock Street - located near Boston University's West Campus. The four stops, which are not handicapped accessible, would be turned into two fully accessible stops as part of a planned redesign of Commonwealth Avenue between the BU Bridge and Packard's Corner.[2] Pleasant Street and Babcock Street stations would be consolidated into one station in the block between the two streets.[3]

Work was delayed by the need to complete other roadwork on Commonwealth Avenue. As of December 2016, MassDOT expected to issue a change order in 2017 to assign station construction work to the roadwork contractor.[4]

Station layout

G
Street/Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Outbound ← "B" Branch toward Boston College (Packards Corner)
Inbound → "B" Branch toward Park Street (Pleasant Street) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Bus connections

References

  1. ↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
  2. ↑ "Comm. Ave. Green Line Improvements Public Meeting". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ O'Rourke, John (October 23, 2014). "T May Eliminate Two Green Line B Stops". BU Today. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Brelsford, Laura (December 5, 2016). "MBTA System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives: December 2016 Update" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. p. 22.
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