Owned by MBTA Disabled access Yes Tracks 2 | Line(s) Green Line– "B" Branch Platforms in use 2 | |
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Location Commonwealth Avenue at Babcock Street
Boston, Massachusetts Passengers (2011) 1,387 (weekday average boardings) Address Boston, MA 02215, United States Owner Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Similar Pleasant Street, St Paul Street, Boston University West, Griggs Street / Long Ave, Packards Corner | ||
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. The station was also shared by the former "A" Branch until that branch's discontinuation in 1969.
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Stop consolidation
In October 2014, the MBTA began holding meetings for a proposal 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 handicapped accessible, would be turned into two fully accessible stops as part of a planned redesign of Commonwealth Avenue between the BU Bridge and Packard's Corner. Pleasant Street and Babcock Street stations would be consolidated into one station in the block between the two streets.
Work was delayed by the need to complete other roadwork on Commonwealth Avenue. As of December 2016, MassDOT expected to issue a change order in 2017 to assign station construction work to the roadwork contractor.