Morton Street station
{{Short description|Railway station in Boston, Massachusetts, US}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox station
| style=MBTA
| name=Morton Street
| image=Diesel fumes from departing Fairmount Line train at Morton Street.jpg
| image_caption=An inbound train at Morton Street station in 2024
| address=865 Morton Street
| borough=Mattapan, Boston, Massachusetts
| coordinates={{coord|42.2806|-71.0857|type:railwaystation_region:US-MA |display=inline,title}}
| line=Dorchester Branch
| other={{ric|MBTA|Bus|name=y}}: {{MBTA bus links|Morton Street}}
| platform=2 side platforms
| tracks=2
| parking=
| bicycle=
| passengers=264 (weekday average boardings){{MBTA CR 2018}}
| pass_year= 2018
| opened=1855; November 3, 1979;{{NETransit}}
October 5, 1987
| closed=1944, January 30, 1981
| rebuilt=2006
| accessible=Yes
| zone=1A
| former=Forest Avenue (previous station)
| services= {{Adjacent stations|system1=MBTA
|line1=Fairmount|left1=Blue Hill Avenue|right1=Talbot Avenue
|line2=Franklin|left2=Blue Hill Avenue|right2=Talbot Avenue
}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible=yes
| other_services={{Adjacent stations
|system1=MBTA
|line1=Providence|left1=Fairmount|to-left1=Providence or Stoughton|right=Uphams Corner|note-mid1=1971-2004
|system2=New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
|line2=Readville|left2=Mattapan Midland|right2=Dorchester}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|MBTA|rail}}
}}
Morton Street station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station on Fairmount Line located on Morton Street (MA 203) in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston. With two full-length high-level platforms and ramps to the street, the station is accessible. The station was reconstructed in 2006, with the official reopening in 2007.{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801021623/http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/Portals/17/docs/sip/April2012SIPStatusUpdate.pdf |archivedate=August 1, 2017 |url=http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/Portals/17/docs/sip/April2012SIPStatusUpdate.pdf |title=State Implementation Plan – Transit Commitments Monthly Status Report |date=April 19, 2012 |publisher=Massachusetts Department of Transportation |url-status=live}}
History
{{multiple image
| align = left
| direction = vertical
| width = 250
| image1 = Morton Street before rebuild.jpg
| alt1 = Inbound platform and stairs before 2006 rebuild
| image2 = Morton Street ramp.JPG
| alt2 = Morton Street after 2006 rebuild
| caption2 = Morton Street before and after the 2006 reconstruction
}}
Service on the Fairmount Line (as the Dorchester Branch of the Norfolk County Railroad and later the New York and New England Railroad and New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad) began in 1855 and lasted until 1944. The service included a stop at Morton Street, originally known as Forest Avenue.{{cite web |url=http://www.dorchesteratheneum.org/page.php?id=1905 |title=Railroad Stations in Dorchester |publisher=Dorchester Atheneum |date=December 26, 2009 |author=Leo S. |accessdate=May 10, 2012 |archive-date=January 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108203459/http://www.dorchesteratheneum.org/page.php?id=1905 |url-status=dead }}
The Dorchester Branch (Midland Route) was reopened as a bypass in November 1979 during Southwest Corridor construction, including stops at Uphams Corner, Morton Street, and Fairmount. Uphams Corner and Morton Street were dropped effective January 30, 1981 as part of systemwide cuts.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38328189/the_boston_globe/ |title=T changes start today |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=February 1, 1981 |page=24 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} Morton Street was originally built at minimal cost, with small low-level platforms and staircases to Morton Street. The station was not accessible, since service over the route was intended to be temporary; however, it was popular with residents of the communities the line passed through. When the Southwest Corridor reopened on October 5, 1987, the Fairmount Line shuttle service was retained, with Uphams Corner and Morton Street renovated and reopened.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75204034/the-boston-globe/ |title=Midlands Branch commuter rail service scheduled to resume in fall |first=Alex |last=Rothenberg |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=July 14, 1987 |page=22 |via=Newspapers.com}}
In September 2005, the MBTA awarded a $6.5 million contract to rebuild the station as part of the Fairmount Line Improvements project. The upgrades included two full-length high-level platforms to make the station accessible, ramps to Morton Street and Flint Street, canopies, and improved lighting and signage.{{cite press release |url=https://www.mbta.com/news/2005-09-08/morton-street-station-be-rebuiltmodernized |title=Morton Street Station To Be Rebuilt/Modernized |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |date=September 8, 2005}} The work was completed on July 17, 2007. In 2014, MassDOT replaced the structurally deficient bridge carrying Morton Street over the Fairmount Line tracks. Alternate accessible entrances to the station from the street were used during the replacement.{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708234247/http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/highway/HighlightedProjects/MortonStreetBridge.aspx |archivedate=July 8, 2015 |url=https://www.massdot.state.ma.us/highway/HighlightedProjects/MortonStreetBridge.aspx |title=Morton Street Bridge Replacement Project |publisher=Massachusetts Department of Transportation - Highway Division}}
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References
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External links
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- [https://www.mbta.com/stops/Morton%20Street MBTA – Morton Street]
- Google Map Street View: [https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2806723,-71.0861299,3a,40.6y,117.01h,84.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQn7z3DvVeZtB4_1ek0-svw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en Flint Street entrance], [https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2809954,-71.0853599,3a,49y,226.28h,77.47t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqwC3KNcUGctS5_yaVcrZSQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en Morton Street entrances]
Category:MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Boston
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1855
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1979
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1987
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1981
Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1944