Butler station (MBTA)

Butler
An inbound streetcar departing Butler station in August 2016
General information
LocationButler Street and Branchfield Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°16′20″N 71°03′45″W / 42.272253°N 71.062453°W / 42.272253; -71.062453
Line(s)Milton Branch, Shawmut Branch
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Parking40 spaces ($4.00 fee)
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedOctober 7, 1931[1][2]
RebuiltJune 24, 2006–December 22, 2007[1]
Passengers
202380 daily boardings[3]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Milton
toward Mattapan
Mattapan Line Cedar Grove
toward Ashmont
Location
Map

Butler station is a light rail station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA Mattapan Line. It is located at Butler Street in the Lower Mills section of the Dorchester neighborhood. It serves a small residential area sandwiched between the Neponset River, Cedar Grove Cemetery, and Dorchester Park. Butler station has no MBTA bus connections. It is accessible via a wooden mini-high ramp on the station's single island platform.

  1. ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
  2. ^ A Chronicle of the Boston Transit System. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 1981. p. 4 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference june2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).