Kent Street station explained

Kent Street
Style:MBTA
Style2:Green
Address:Beacon Street and Kent Street
Coordinates:42.3441°N -71.1139°W
Platform:2 staggered side platforms
Tracks:2
Passengers:386 (weekday average boardings)
Pass Year:2011
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:rail-light
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Kent Street station is a light rail surface stop on the MBTA Green Line C branch, located in the median of Beacon Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. The two side platforms are staggered on opposite sides of the Kent Street / Powell Street grade crossing; the outbound platform is to the east and the inbound platform to the west. Kent Street is not accessible.

Track work in 2018–19, which included replacement of platform edges at several stops, triggered requirements for accessibility modifications at those stops.[1] Design work for Kent Street and seven other C Branch stations was 15% complete by December 2022.[2] Plans shown in February 2024 called for Kent Street station to be closed, as it is just from both St. Paul Street and Hawes Street stations.[3] In May 2024, the Federal Transit Administration awarded the MBTA $67 million for the platform projects., construction of the C Branch platform project is expected to be complete in fall 2026.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—May 2021 . May 24, 2021 . Laura . Brelsford . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility . 4–5.
  2. Web site: System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—December 2022 . December 6, 2022 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility . 4–5.
  3. Web site: Green Line C Branch Accessibility Upgrades . February 15, 2024 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  4. Web site: Accessibility Initiatives—June 2024 . June 25, 2024 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority . 5.