Milton (MBTA station)

MILTON
A PCC car arrives at the inbound platform
Location	1 Adams Street at 1 Eliot Street Milton, MA 02186
Coordinates
Line(s)
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
Rebuilt	December 2007
Previous names	Milton Mills (1848–1871) Milton Lower Mills (1871–1885)
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	240 (weekday inbound average)
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.

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 opened on August 26, 1929. Milton was the terminus of the trolley line until the remaining segment to Mattapan opened on December 21, 1929.

In June 2006, Milton Station was closed for 18 months while the MBTA renovated stations on the Mattapan High Speed Line. During reconstruction, trolley service was replaced by shuttle buses. Trolley service resumed in December 2007.

Bus connections

One MBTA Bus route directly serves Milton station:

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

External links

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