Kent Street station

Kent Street
Inbound train passing the outbound platform at Kent Street in 2016
General information
LocationBeacon Street and Kent Street
Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′39″N 71°06′50″W / 42.344125°N 71.113885°W / 42.344125; -71.113885
Platforms2 staggered side platforms
Tracks2
History
Closed2026 (planned)
Passengers
2011386 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Saint Paul Street Green Line Hawes Street
Location
Map

Kent Street station is a light rail surface stop on the MBTA Green Line C branch, located in the median of Beacon Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. The two side platforms are staggered on opposite sides of the Kent Street / Powell Street grade crossing; the outbound platform is to the east and the inbound platform to the west. Kent Street is not accessible.

Track work in 2018–19, which included replacement of platform edges at several stops, triggered requirements for accessibility modifications at those stops.[2] Design work for Kent Street and seven other C Branch stations was 15% complete by December 2022.[3] Plans shown in February 2024 called for Kent Street station to be closed, as it is just 830 feet (250 m) from both St. Paul Street and Hawes Street stations.[4] In May 2024, the Federal Transit Administration awarded the MBTA $67 million for the platform projects.[5] As of June 2024, construction of the C Branch platform project is expected to be complete in fall 2026.[6]

  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.
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  6. ^ "Accessibility Initiatives—June 2024" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. June 25, 2024. p. 5.