Chiswick Road station explained

Chiswick Road
Style:MBTA
Style2:Green
Address:Commonwealth Avenue at Chiswick Road
Coordinates:42.3408°N -71.1505°W
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Passengers:615
Pass Year:2011 daily
Opened:May 26, 1900[1] [2]
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:rail-light
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Chiswick Road station is a light rail station on the MBTA's Green Line B branch, located in the median of Commonwealth Avenue north of Chiswick Road in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Chiswick Road consists of two side platforms, which serve the B branch's two tracks.

History

In 2003, Chiswick Road was one of five stops on the B branch proposed for closure, due to having a low average daily ridership and being located quite close to nearby, better-used stops.[3] Chiswick Road was dropped from the proposal shortly after it was announced due to opposition from residents of a local housing project for the elderly served by the stop. The other four stops (Fordham Road, Summit Avenue, Mount Hood Road, and Greycliff Road) were provisionally closed on April 20, 2004, which was made permanent on March 15, 2005.[4]

Track work in 2018–19, which included replacement of platform edges at several stops, triggered requirements for accessibility modifications at those stops.[5] Design for Chiswick Road and four other B Branch stops was 30% complete by December 2022.[6] A design shown in March 2024 called for the platforms to be rebuilt at their current locations.[7] In May 2024, the Federal Transit Administration awarded the MBTA $67 million to construct accessible platforms at 14 B and C branch stops including Chiswick Road., construction is expected to start in fall 2025.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: History of subways, tunnels and elevated lines . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority . Engineering and Maintenance Department . 1981 . Internet Archive.
  2. Book: Tremont Street Subway: A Century of Public Service . Clarke . Bradley H. . Cummings . O.R. . 1997 . Boston Street Railway Association . 0938315048 . 58.
  3. News: T drops 4 Green Line stops after results of rider survey . Boston Globe . 16 March 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050318030644/http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/03/16/t_drops_4_green_line_stops_after_results_of_rider_survey/ . 18 March 2005 . Daniel, Mac . 6 June 2016.
  4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20101126012518/http://ctps.org/bostonmpo/4_resources/2_transreport/archive/trpt0504.pdf . Green Line B Branch Service Enhancements . 26 November 2010 . TRANSreport . Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization . May 2004 . 6 February 2014.
  5. Web site: System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—May 2021 . May 24, 2021 . Laura . Brelsford . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility . 4–5.
  6. Web site: System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—December 2022 . December 6, 2022 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility . 4–5.
  7. Web site: Green Line B Branch Improvements and Accessibility Upgrades . March 22, 2024 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  8. Web site: Accessibility Initiatives—June 2024 . June 25, 2024 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority . 4.

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