Babcock Street station

Babcock Street is a light rail surface station on the MBTA Green Line B branch, located in the median of Commonwealth Avenue west of Babcock Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Babcock Street consists of two side platforms, which serve the B branch's two tracks. It was also served by the A branch until its 1969 discontinuance.

Babcock Street
An inbound train at Babcock Street station in July 2019
LocationCommonwealth Avenue at Babcock Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42.35169°N 71.121547°W / 42.35169; -71.121547
Owned byMBTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections MBTA bus: 57, 57A, 193
Passengers
20111,387 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Packards Corner
toward Boston College
 Green Line Pleasant Street
toward Park Street
Former services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Packards Corner
toward Watertown
 Green Line Pleasant Street
toward Park Street

Stop consolidation
Retaining wall and fence for the replacement station, seen in November 2020

In 2014, the MBTA began planning consolidate four stops – Boston University West, St. Paul Street, Pleasant Street, and Babcock Street – located near Boston University's West Campus. The four stops, which are not accessible, will be turned into two fully accessible stops as part of a reconfiguration of Commonwealth Avenue between the Boston University Bridge and Packard's Corner.[2] Pleasant Street and Babcock Street stations will be consolidated into one station in the block between the two streets.[3]

Work was delayed by the need to complete other roadwork on Commonwealth Avenue.[4] The MBTA awarded a $17.8 million construction contract on March 23, 2020.[5] Construction will last from February 2021 to early 2022, with night and weekend bustitution for much of 2021. As of January 2021, the two new stations had not yet been named.[6]

References
  1. "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
  2. "Comm. Ave. Green Line Improvements Public Meeting" (Press release). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. October 16, 2014.
  3. O'Rourke, John (October 23, 2014). "T May Eliminate Two Green Line B Stops". BU Today. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  4. Brelsford, Laura (December 5, 2016). "MBTA System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives: December 2016 Update" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. p. 22.
  5. "FMCB Awards $17.8 Million for B Branch Station Consolidation Work" (Press release). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. March 23, 2020.
  6. "B Branch Station Consolidation Project: Virtual Public Meeting" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. January 28, 2021.

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