Babcock Street (MBTA station)

BABCOCK STREET
An outbound train at Babcock Street in May 2011
Location	Commonwealth Avenue and Babcock Street Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°21′06″N 71°07′18″W / 42.35169°N 71.121547°WCoordinates: 42°21′06″N 71°07′18″W / 42.35169°N 71.121547°W
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Green Line– "B" Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	1,387 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Packards Corner toward Boston College Green Line "B" Branch Pleasant Street toward Park Street   Former service   Packards Corner toward Watertown Yard Green Line "A" Branch discontinued 1969 Pleasant Street toward Park Street

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.

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.^[2] Pleasant Street and Babcock Street stations would be consolidated into one station in the block between the two streets.^[3]

Station layout

G Street/Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Outbound	← "B" Branch toward Boston College (Packards Corner)
	Inbound	→ "B" Branch toward Park Street (Pleasant Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Bus connections

• 57 Watertown Yard - Kenmore Station via Newton Corner & Brighton Center

References

1. "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
2. "Comm. Ave. Green Line Improvements Public Meeting". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
3. O'Rourke, John (October 23, 2014). "T May Eliminate Two Green Line B Stops". BU Today. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

External links

• MBTA - Babcock Street
• MBTA Stop Consolidation Project
• Station from Google Maps Street View