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Accessible "mini-high" platform at Highland station on the Needham Line. As of 2020, 108 out of 141 MBTA Commuter Rail stations (77%) are accessible. Six lines are entirely accessible: the Greenbush Line, Plymouth/Kingston Line, Middleborough/Lakeville Line, Fairmount Line, Providence/Stoughton Line, and Needham Line, while the other lines have a mix of accessible and non-accessible stations.
The MBTA was formed in 1964 to subsidize suburban commuter rail service operated by the Boston and Maine Railroad, New York Central Railroad, and New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Subsidies began in stages from 1965 to 1973; a number of stations closed in 1965–1967 before service to them was subsidized, of which 26 have not reopened.
MBTA Commuter Rail map showing the 175-municipality funding district created in 1999. By 1999, the district was expanded further to 175 cities and towns, adding most that were served by or adjacent to commuter rail lines, though the MBTA did not assume responsibility for local service in those communities adjacent to or served by commuter rail.
The MBTA uses 48-inch (1,200 mm)-high platforms for accessible level boarding, as is standard in the northeastern United States. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Some accessible stations have full-length high platforms for accessible boarding on all cars; others only have "mini-high" platforms about 40 feet (12 m) long – which allow for level boarding on two cars ...
Many of these facilities are former streetcar carhouses that were gradually converted to trackless trolley and bus use, although some like Southampton (built 2004) are of recent construction. Of the former streetcar carhouses, only Arborway and Watertown were Green Line yards during part of the MBTA era. Everett was an Orange Line yard until 1975.
The MBTA plans to add a fare lobby and elevator at the footbridge, and to replace the existing elevator at the main entrance. A $4.7 million design contract for Jackson Square and Massachusetts Avenue was awarded in April 2020. [2] [3] Design work reached 30% completion in 2021 and 75% completion in 2022; it was nearing completion by November 2023.
Schematic map of Green Line branches and stations. The Green Line's core is the central subway, a group of tunnels which run through downtown Boston. [10] The Tremont Street subway runs roughly north–south through downtown, with stations at Boylston, Park Street, Government Center, Haymarket, and North Station – all with connections to other lines of the MBTA subway system.
MWRTA renewed the lease agreement with the MBTA in 2022 and continues to maintain the Commuter Rail Station; providing daily cleaning and oversight, snow removal in the winter, additional trash receptacles, access to multiple modes of transportation and 9 MWRTA bus routes, as well as Catch Connect service on the weekends.