Milton station is a light rail station in Milton, Massachusetts. Located in the Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District, it serves the MBTA's Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line. This station is accessible via wooden ramps on both platforms.

Milton
An outbound streetcar at Milton station in 2021
General information
Location	1 Adams Street at 1 Eliot Street Milton, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°16′12.33″N 71°04′03.40″W
Line(s)	Milton Branch, Shawmut Branch
Platforms	2 low side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA bus: 217
Construction
Parking	41 spaces ($4.00 fee)
Bicycle facilities	8 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1848 (Old Colony) August 26, 1929 (Boston Elevated)
Closed	1926
Rebuilt	June 24, 2006–December 22, 2007
Previous names	Milton Mills (1848–1871) Milton Lower Mills (1871–1885)
Passengers
2010	240 (weekday inbound average)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Central Avenue toward Mattapan Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line Butler toward Ashmont
Former services Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Central Avenue toward Mattapan Boston–​Mattapan Cedar Grove until 1926 toward Boston Granite Bridge 1926–1929 toward Boston

History

The station originally opened in 1848 as Milton Mills, a station on the Dorchester and Milton Branch Railroad, a subsidiary of the Old Colony Railroad.[2] The station was renamed Milton Lower Mills in 1871, and to the more distinguished Milton on February 2, 1885.[3]

Conversion of the section between Ashmont and Mattapan to an interurban-style streetcar line by the Boston Elevated Railway began in 1926, and the segment of the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line from Ashmont to Milton was opened on August 26, 1929. Milton was the terminus of the streetcar line until the remaining segment to Mattapan opened on December 21, 1929.[4]

On March 18, 1968, the Neponset River flooded the line at Milton station after a 7-inch (180 mm) rainfall. Restoration work began at 6:00 am on March 21 as the waters receded; service was resumed by 4:30 pm.[5][6] In June 2006, Milton station was closed for 18 months while the MBTA renovated stations on the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line. Streetcar service was replaced by shuttle buses, and resumed in December 2007.[4][7]

The stairs to the station from Adams Street – the only entrance not via private parking lots - have been closed since 2018 due to deteriorating condition. The MBTA has not repaired the stairs because doing so would trigger a larger accessibility renovation of the station, likely including an elevator. In August 2022, the town of Milton threatened to sue the MBTA to force repair of the stairs.[8] The MBTA, in response, indicated it would demolish the stairs rather than repairing them.[9] The Milton board voted in September to sue the MBTA; at that point, the MBTA intended to demolish the stairs by the end of the year.[10] The lawsuit was filed in October 2022.[11]

References

External links

Media related to Milton station (MBTA) at Wikimedia Commons

• MBTA – Milton
• Adams Street entrance from Google Maps Street View