Griggs Street station

Coordinates: 42°20′55″N 71°08′04″W / 42.348542°N 71.134551°W

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Griggs Street

An inbound train at Griggs Street station in 2018

General information

Location

Commonwealth Avenue at Griggs Street
Allston, Boston, Massachusetts

Coordinates

42°20′55″N 71°08′04″W / 42.348542°N 71.134551°W

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

History

Opened

May 26, 1900^[1]^[2]

Previous names

Griggs Street/Long Avenue

Passengers

2011

1,203 weekday average boardings^[3]

Services

Preceding station	MBTA			Following station
Allston Street toward Boston College		Green Line B branch		Harvard Avenue toward Government Center

Location

Griggs Street station is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line B branch, located between the southbound travel lanes and frontage road of Commonwealth Avenue at Griggs Street in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. The station is not accessible. It has two side platforms, located on the near sides of a pedestrian crossing, to serve the line's two tracks. The station was called Griggs Street/Long Avenue until around 2017.^[4]^[5]

As of June 2024^[update], the MBTA plans to make the station accessible along with other stations on the line, with construction to start in fall 2025.^[6]

References

^ Engineering and Maintenance Department (1981). History of subways, tunnels and elevated lines. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority – via Internet Archive.
^ Clarke, Bradley H.; Cummings, O.R. (1997). Tremont Street Subway: A Century of Public Service. Boston Street Railway Association. p. 58. ISBN 0938315048.
^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
^ "Griggs Street/Long Avenue Station". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on July 21, 2017.
^ "Griggs Street". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on December 7, 2018.
^ "Accessibility Initiatives—June 2024" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. June 25, 2024. p. 4.

External links

Media related to Griggs Street station at Wikimedia Commons

Stations of the MBTA subway

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Braintree branch	North Quincy Wollaston Quincy Center Quincy Adams Braintree
Mattapan Line	Ashmont Cedar Grove Butler Milton Central Avenue Valley Road Capen Street Mattapan

Green Line

B branch	Boston College South Street Chestnut Hill Avenue Chiswick Road Sutherland Road Washington Street Warren Street Allston Street Griggs Street Harvard Avenue Packards Corner Babcock Street Amory Street Boston University Central Boston University East Blandford Street
C branch	Cleveland Circle Englewood Avenue Dean Road Tappan Street Washington Square Fairbanks Street Brandon Hall Summit Avenue Coolidge Corner Saint Paul Street Kent Street Hawes Street Saint Mary's Street
D branch	Riverside Woodland Waban Eliot Newton Highlands Newton Centre Chestnut Hill Reservoir Beaconsfield Brookline Hills Brookline Village Longwood Fenway Union Square
E branch	Heath Street Back of the Hill Riverway Mission Park Fenwood Road Brigham Circle Longwood Medical Area Museum of Fine Arts Northeastern University Symphony Prudential East Somerville Gilman Square Magoun Square Ball Square Medford/Tufts

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