Ashmont station

Ashmont
An inbound Red Line train at Ashmont station in July 2021
General information
LocationDorchester Avenue at Ashmont Street
Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°17′03″N 71°03′50″W / 42.2843°N 71.0638°W / 42.2843; -71.0638
Line(s)Ashmont Branch (Shawmut Branch)
Platforms2 side platforms (Red Line)
1 side platform (Ashmont–Mattapan line)
Tracks2 (Red Line)
1 balloon loop (Ashmont–Mattapan line)
ConnectionsBus transport MBTA bus: 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 215, 217, 240
Bus transport BAT: 12
Construction
Bicycle facilities"Pedal and Park" bicycle cage
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedSeptember 1, 1928 (Red Line)[1]
August 26, 1929 (Mattapan Line)[1]
RebuiltSeptember 2004–October 21, 2011[2]
Passengers
FY20198,841 (weekday average boardings)[3]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Terminus Red Line Shawmut
toward Alewife
Cedar Grove
toward Mattapan
Mattapan Line Terminus
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Cedar Grove
toward Mattapan
Boston–​Mattapan Shawmut
toward Boston
Location
Map

Ashmont station (signed as Ashmont/Peabody Sq.) is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) intermodal transit station located at Peabody Square in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the southern terminus of the Ashmont branch of the rapid transit Red Line, the northern terminus of the connecting light rail Mattapan Line, and a major terminal for MBTA bus service. Ashmont has two side platforms serving the below-grade Red Line and a single side platform on an elevated balloon loop for the Mattapan Line. The station is fully accessible for all modes.

  1. ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
  2. ^ Rosso, Patrick (October 21, 2011). "Dorchester's Ashmont T station officially dedicated". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on September 16, 2012.
  3. ^ "A Guide to Ridership Data". MassDOT/MBTA Office of Performance Management and Innovation. June 22, 2020. p. 7.