Milton (MBTA station)

MILTON
A PCC car arrives at the inbound platform (2012)
Location	1 Adams Street at 1 Eliot Street Milton, MA 02186
Coordinates	42°16′12.33″N 71°04′03.40″W / 42.2700917°N 71.0676111°W / 42.2700917; -71.0676111Coordinates: 42°16′12.33″N 71°04′03.40″W / 42.2700917°N 71.0676111°W / 42.2700917; -71.0676111
Line(s)	Red Line– Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line
Platforms	2 low side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA Bus: 217
Construction
Parking	41 spaces ($4.00 fee) 4 accessible spaces
Bicycle facilities	8 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1848 (Old Colony) August 26, 1929 (Boston Elevated)
Closed	1926 June 24, 2006 – December 22, 2007[1]
Rebuilt	December 2007
Previous names	Milton Mills (1848–1871) Milton Lower Mills (1871–1885)
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	240 (weekday inbound average)[2]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Butler toward Ashmont Red Line Mattapan High Speed Line Central Avenue toward Mattapan

Milton Station is a rail station on the border of Milton, Massachusetts and Boston, Massachusetts on the MBTA Mattapan High Speed Line, which provides light rail service between Ashmont and Mattapan stations. The station is located in the Lower Mills Historic District.

This station is wheelchair accessible via wooden ramps on both platforms.

History

Milton station in 1923, shortly before the conversion to trolleys

The Milton Station originally opened in 1848 as Milton Mills, a station on the Dorchester and Milton Branch Railroad, a subsidiary of the Old Colony Railroad.^[3]

Conversion of the section between Ashmont and Mattapan to an interurban-style trolley line by the Boston Elevated Railway began in 1926, and the segment of the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line from Ashmont to Milton was opened on August 26, 1929. Milton was the terminus of the trolley line until the remaining segment to Mattapan opened on December 21, 1929.^[4]

On March 18, 1968, the Neponset River flooded the line at Milton station. Restoration work began at 6:00 am on March 21 as the waters receded; service was resumed by 4:30 pm.^[5]

In June 2006, Milton station was closed for 18 months while the MBTA renovated stations on the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line. Trolley service was replaced by shuttle buses, and resumed in December 2007.^[1][6]

Bus connections

One MBTA Bus route directly serves Milton station:

• 217 Quincy Center Station – Ashmont Station via Beale Street, Wollaston, & East Milton Square

References

External links

• MBTA - Milton
• Media related to Milton (MBTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Adams Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Subway lines (List of stations)	Heavy rail      Blue      Orange      Red Light rail      Green "B" Branch "C" Branch "D" Branch "E" Branch      Ashmont–Mattapan Former lines      Arborway Line      Atlantic Avenue Elevated      Causeway Street Elevated      Charlestown Elevated      Green Line "A" Branch      Washington Street Elevated
Commuter Rail lines (List of stations)	North Station lines Fitchburg Haverhill (Wildcat Branch) Lowell Newburyport/Rockport South Station lines Fairmount Framingham/Worcester Franklin Greenbush Needham Old Colony (Kingston/Plymouth Middleborough/Lakeville      CapeFLYER) Providence/Stoughton Former lines Central Mass Branch Dedham Branch Lexington Branch Millis Branch Woburn Branch
Bus routes (List of routes)	Silver Line Crosstown routes Key routes Trackless trolleys Routes East Boston, Chelsea, Revere Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield South Boston
Other services	Boat The Ride
Component parts of system lines	Boylston Street Subway      Haymarket North Extension      Lechmere Viaduct      Tremont Street Subway
Capital projects	Under construction      Blue Hill Avenue station      Boston Landing station           Forest Hills modifications      Green Line Extension      Haverhill Line upgrades           Silver Line Gateway / Chelsea station      South Coast Rail In planning / proposed      Buzzards Bay extension      Foxboro service      Hynes Convention Center renovation      Kingston R.I. extension      Nashua extension      Route 16 extension      Wollaston renovation Formerly proposed      Arborway Line restoration      Indigo Line (Fairmount Grand Junction Track 61)      Lexington extension      Lynn extension      North–South Rail Link      Plaistow extension      Reading extension           Red Line—Blue Line Connector Urban Ring Project
History	Predecessor companies Boston Elevated Railway Streetcar lines Boston and Maine Railroad Conrail New York Central Railroad New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Penn Central Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Newton and Boston Street Railway Accidents and incidents      1990 Back Bay      2008 Waban/Woodland
Other	Accessibility Arts on the Line Bicycling CharlieCard Grand Junction Railroad "Charlie on the M.T.A." Nomenclature Police                Winter Street Concourse Yards and maintenance facilities