Cedar Grove station explained

Cedar Grove
Style:MBTA
Style2:Red
Address:Fellsway Street and Milton Street
Coordinates:42.2797°N -71.0604°W
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Opened:December 2, 1872
Rebuilt:September 4, 1926–August 26, 1929
June 24, 2006–December 22, 2007
Accessible:Yes
Passengers:71 daily boardings
Pass Year:2023
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:rail-light
Mapframe-Zoom:13

Cedar Grove station is a light rail station on the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line (part of the MBTA Red Line) located in the southern part of the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The station, named for the adjacent Cedar Grove Cemetery, has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. It is accessible via wooden ramps on both platforms.

History

The Shawmut Branch Railroad, owned by the Old Colony Railroad opened between Harrison Square and Milton Lower Mills on December 4, 1872.[1] One of four intermediate stations was Cedar Grove, built to serve the recently opened Cedar Grove cemetery.[2] The station building was similar to that at, though the doors and windows were located differently.[3] The station agent died of rabies in November 1908 after being bitten by a dog which had found its way into the station.[4]

Passenger service on the Shawmut Branch ended on September 4, 1926, for conversion of the line to rapid transit. The first segment of the Mattapan Line, a "high-speed" streetcar line, opened between and on August 26, 1929, with Cedar Grove as an intermediate station.[5] The line was closed for renovations from June 24, 2006, to December 22, 2007. During the closure, all stations on the line were modernized and (except for Valley Road) made accessible. Cedar Grove station received new platforms and canopies, with wooden ramps for accessibility.

The MBTA plans to convert the line to modern light rail equipment. All stations would have raised platforms for level boarding on the new vehicles; Cedar Grove and three other stations would be converted to island platforms. Construction cost for Cedar Grove station was estimated as $6.8 million in 2023.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. 43504499 . Dates of Some of the Principal Events in the History of 100 Years of the Railroad in New England. 1826-1926 . Warren . Jacobs . October 1928 . . Railway and Locomotive Historical Society . 17 . 17 . 15–28.
  2. News: The Shawmut Railroad . Boston Globe . August 17, 1872. 8 . Newspapers.com.
  3. Book: Boston's Commuter Rail: Second Section . Humphrey . Thomas J.. Clark . Norton D. . Boston Street Railway Association . 1986 . 9780938315025 . 23.
  4. News: Due to Hydrophobia . Boston Globe . November 30, 1908 . 5 . Newspapers.com.
  5. Book: Cheney, Frank . Boston's Red Line: Bridging the Charles from Alewife to Braintree . 2002 . Arcadia Publishing . 9780738510477 . 95, 96.
  6. Web site: Mattapan Line Transformation Public Information Meeting . June 20, 2023 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.