Pleasant Street station (MBTA)

Pleasant Street station is a surface station on the Green Line B branch of the MBTA subway system in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located in the median of Commonwealth Avenue, on the western side of its intersection with Harry Agganis Way (on the north side) and Pleasant Street (on the south side, extending into Brookline). It serves the western end of the John Hancock Student Village at Boston University.

Not to be confused with Pleasant Street station (BERy).
Pleasant Street
An inbound train at Pleasant Street station in November 2020
LocationCommonwealth Avenue at Pleasant Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42.351345°N 71.118783°W / 42.351345; -71.118783
Owned byMBTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections MBTA bus: 57, 57A, 193
History
ClosedFebruary 26, 2021 (planned)
Passengers
20111,167 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Babcock Street
toward Boston College
 Green Line St. Paul Street
toward Park Street
Former services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Babcock Street
toward Watertown
 Green Line St. Paul Street
toward Park Street

Pleasant Street was also served by the A branch until its 1969 discontinuance.

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

In 2014, the MBTA began planning to 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. Pleasant Street station will close on February 26, 2021, so that construction of the replacement station can begin. 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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