Milton station (MBTA)

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 accessible via wooden ramps on both platforms.

Milton
Milton station from Adams Street in August 2016
Location1 Adams Street at 1 Eliot Street
Milton, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°16′12.33″N 71°04′03.40″W
Line(s)Milton Branch, Shawmut Branch
Platforms2 low side platforms
Tracks2
Connections MBTA bus: 217
Construction
Parking41 spaces ($4.00 fee)
4 accessible spaces
Bicycle facilities8 spaces
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened1848 (Old Colony)
August 26, 1929 (Boston Elevated)
Closed1926
RebuiltJune 24, 2006–December 22, 2007
Previous namesMilton Mills (1848–1871)
Milton Lower Mills (1871–1885)
Passengers
2010240 (weekday inbound average)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Central Avenue
toward Mattapan
 Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line Butler
toward Ashmont

History
Milton station in 1923, shortly before the conversion to trolleys

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 after a 7-inch (180 mm) rainfall. Restoration work began at 6:00 am on March 21 as the waters receded; service was resumed by 4:30 pm.[5][6]

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][7]

References
  1. "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
  2. Poor, Henry V. (1860). History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States. New York: J. H. Schultz. p. 113. OCLC 6838395.
  3. 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 (17): 15–28. JSTOR 43504499.
  4. Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit.
  5. 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.
  6. "This Time in History". Rollsign. Vol. 55 no. 5/6. Boston Street Railway Association. May–June 2018. p. 14.
  7. "Mattapan Trolley Re-opens". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. December 20, 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-24.

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