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Light rail station in Brookline, Massachusetts, US
Fairbanks Street
An outbound train at Fairbanks Street station in 2024
General information
LocationBeacon Street at Fairbanks Street
Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′22.10″N 71°7′52.69″W / 42.3394722°N 71.1313028°W / 42.3394722; -71.1313028
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Passengers
2011444 (weekday average boardings)
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Washington Squaretoward Cleveland Circle Green LineC branch Brandon Halltoward Government Center
Location

Fairbanks Street station is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line C branch in Brookline, Massachusetts, located in the median of Beacon Street. Fairbanks station has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. It is not accessible, although a wheelchair lift allows accessible transfer between the two elevations of the two halves of Beacon Street at the station. The MBTA plans to consolidate Fairbanks Street and the nearby Brandon Hall station into a single accessible combined station by the end of 2026.

Track work in 2018–19, which included replacement of platform edges at several stops, triggered requirements for accessibility modifications at those stops. Design work for Fairbanks Street and seven other C Branch stations was 15% complete by December 2022. Designs shown in February 2024 called for Fairbanks Street and Brandon Hall stations to be consolidated into a single station between their present locations. Accessible ramps to the north side of Beacon Street would be built at Lancaster Terrace and Mason Path. In May 2024, the Federal Transit Administration awarded the MBTA $67 million to construct accessible platforms at 14 B and C branch stops including the combined station. As of June 2024, construction is expected to be complete in fall 2026.

References

  1. "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
  2. Brelsford, Laura (May 24, 2021). "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—May 2021" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. pp. 4–5.
  3. "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—December 2022" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. December 6, 2022. pp. 4–5.
  4. "Green Line C Branch Accessibility Upgrades" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. February 15, 2024.
  6. "Accessibility Initiatives—June 2024" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. June 25, 2024. p. 5.

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