Cedar Grove station

Cedar Grove
Cedar Grove
	An outbound streetcar at Cedar Grove in 2018
General information
Location	Fellsway Street and Milton Street; Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°16′47″N 71°03′37″W / 42.27969°N 71.06039°W
Line(s)	Shawmut Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	December 2, 1872
Rebuilt	September 4, 1926–August 26, 1929; June 24, 2006–December 22, 2007
Passengers
2023	71 daily boardings
Services
Former services
Location
Location

Cedar Grove station is a light rail station on the Mattapan Line (part of the MBTA Red Line) located in the southern part of the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The station, named for the adjacent Cedar Grove Cemetery, has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. It is accessible via wooden ramps on both platforms.

History

The Shawmut Branch Railroad, owned by the Old Colony Railroad opened between Harrison Square and Milton Lower Mills on December 4, 1872.^[2] One of four intermediate stations was Cedar Grove, built to serve the recently opened Cedar Grove cemetery.^[3] The station building was similar to that at Shawmut, though the doors and windows were located differently.^[4] The station agent died of rabies in November 1908 after being bitten by a dog which had found its way into the station.^[5]

Passenger service on the Shawmut Branch ended on September 4, 1926, for conversion of the line to rapid transit. The first segment of the Mattapan Line, a "high-speed" streetcar line, opened between Ashmont and Milton on August 26, 1929, with Cedar Grove as an intermediate station.^[6] The line was closed for renovations from June 24, 2006, to December 22, 2007. During the closure, all stations on the line were modernized and (except for Valley Road) made accessible. Cedar Grove station received new platforms and canopies, with wooden ramps for accessibility.^[7]

The MBTA plans to convert the line to modern light rail equipment. All stations would have raised platforms for level boarding on the new vehicles; Cedar Grove and three other stations would be converted to island platforms. Construction cost for Cedar Grove station was estimated as $6.8 million in 2023.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Mattapan Line Transformation Public Information Meeting" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. June 20, 2023.
^ Jacobs, Warren (October 1928). "Dates of Some of the Principal Events in the History of 100 Years of the Railroad in New England. 1826-1926". Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. 17 (17). Railway and Locomotive Historical Society: 15–28. JSTOR 43504499.
^ "The Shawmut Railroad". Boston Globe. August 17, 1872. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Humphrey, Thomas J.; Clark, Norton D. (1986). Boston's Commuter Rail: Second Section. Boston Street Railway Association. p. 23. ISBN 9780938315025.
^ "Due to Hydrophobia". Boston Globe. November 30, 1908. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Cheney, Frank (2002). Boston's Red Line: Bridging the Charles from Alewife to Braintree. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 95, 96. ISBN 9780738510477.
^ Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.