Warren Street station (MBTA)

Warren Street
Warren Street
	An outbound train passing the inbound platform in 2018
General information
Location	Commonwealth Avenue at Warren Street; Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°20′54″N 71°08′25″W / 42.34837°N 71.14022°W
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
History
Opened	May 26, 1900
Rebuilt	1983
Passengers
2011	2,047 (weekday average)
Services
Location
Location

Warren Street station is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line B branch, located on Commonwealth Avenue at Warren Street in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. The station is not accessible. It has two side platforms, located on the near sides of the Warren Street grade crossing, to serve the line's two tracks.

History

Streetcar service began when the section from Packards Corner to Chestnut Hill Avenue opened on May 26, 1900, connecting previously opened trackage to the east and west.^[1]^[2] The trackage was not in a center median (as were the earlier sections), but in a reservation between the southbound travel lane and southbound carriage lane. Between Warren Street and Wallingford Road to the southwest, the reservation was significantly wider than the tracks.^[4] In 1960, new southbound travel lanes were built along that section; southbound traffic now crosses the B branch tracks at Warren Street.

Until 1983, the inbound platform had only a curb to separate passengers from the southbound travel lanes.^[5] While the line was shut down for track replacement from July 30 to September 10, 1983, the station was rebuilt with a low wall on the inbound platform to separate passengers from traffic, as well as a small shelter.^[6]

Track work in 2018–19, which included replacement of platform edges at several stops (not including Warren Street), triggered requirements for accessibility modifications at those stops. Planning for modifications to five B Branch stops began in 2021.^[7] In 2024, Warren Street and the other remaining non-accessible B Branch stops were added to the project. The stops at Warren Street and nearby Allston Street are to be consolidated into a single station due to their proximity and the grade south of Warren Street, which is too steep for an accessible platform. As of December 2024^[update], construction is expected to take place from fall 2025 to mid-2027.^[8]^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b Engineering and Maintenance Department (1981). History of subways, tunnels and elevated lines. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority – via Internet Archive.
^ ^a ^b Clarke, Bradley H.; Cummings, O.R. (1997). Tremont Street Subway: A Century of Public Service. Boston Street Railway Association. p. 58. ISBN 0938315048.
^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
^ "Atlas of the City of Boston: Ward 25, Brighton". G.W. Bromley and Co. 1909 – via Ward Maps.
^ Testagrose, Joe (June 9, 1980). "Image 13910". NYCSubway.org.
^ Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
^ Brelsford, Laura (May 24, 2021). "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—May 2021" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. pp. 4–5.
^ "Accessibility Initiatives—December 2024" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. December 6, 2024. pp. 4–5.
^ "Accessibility Initiatives—June 2024" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. June 25, 2024. p. 4.