JFK/UMass station

JFK/UMass
A southbound train on the Braintree Branch platform in 2013
General information
Location599 Old Colony Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°19′14″N 71°03′09″W / 42.32058°N 71.05239°W / 42.32058; -71.05239
Line(s)Old Colony Mainline
Ashmont branch
Braintree branch
Platforms1 side platform (Commuter Rail)
2 island platforms (Red Line)
Tracks1 (Commuter Rail)
4 (Red Line)
ConnectionsBus transport MBTA bus: 8, 16, 41
Bus transport UMass Boston shuttle
Construction
Bicycle facilitiesRacks available
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone1A (Commuter Rail)
History
OpenedNovember 5, 1927[1]
RebuiltJune 1987–December 14, 1988
Previous namesColumbia (1927–1982)
Passengers
2018362 daily boardings[2] (Commuter Rail)
FY20198,012 daily boardings[3] (Red Line)
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Andrew
toward Alewife
Red Line
Savin Hill
toward Ashmont
North Quincy
toward Braintree
South Station
Terminus
Greenbush Line Quincy Center
toward Greenbush
Middleborough/​Lakeville Line Quincy Center
Kingston Line Quincy Center
toward Kingston
Former services (Crescent Avenue station)
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
South Boston
Closed ca. 1917
toward Boston
Boston–​Mattapan Savin Hill
toward Mattapan
Boston–​Braintree Savin Hill
toward Braintree
Future services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
South Station
Terminus
South Coast Rail Quincy Center
Location
Map

JFK/UMass station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) intermodal transfer station, located adjacent to the Columbia Point area of Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts. It is served by the rapid transit Red Line; the Greenbush Line, Kingston/Plymouth Line, and Middleborough/Lakeville Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, and three MBTA bus routes. The station is named for the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum and the University of Massachusetts Boston, both located nearby on Columbia Point.

JFK/UMass station has four tracks and two island platforms for the Ashmont and Braintree branches of the Red Line, with one track and one side platform for Commuter Rail. A waiting room and fare lobby over the Red Line platforms is connected to Columbia Road, Sydney Street, and the busway on the east side of the station by footbridge. The station is fully accessible. North of the station, the complex Columbia Junction connects the two Red Line branches with the downtown tunnel and Cabot Yard lead tracks.

The Old Colony Railroad first opened through the area in 1845, with Crescent Avenue serving as a flag stop by 1848. A station building opened in 1868 and was rebuilt in 1883. The Boston Elevated Railway began construction of Columbia station on the Dorchester Extension of the Cambridge–Dorchester Tunnel in 1925. Crescent Avenue station closed in July 1927; Columbia station opened on November 5, with an additional footbridge added in 1929. Columbia station was modernized in 1970, though without a platform for South Shore (Braintree Branch) service, which started in 1971. UMass Boston moved to Columbia Point in 1974, while the Kennedy Library opened in 1979; the station was renamed JFK/UMass in 1982. A 1987–88 renovation added a platform for the Braintree Branch. Commuter Rail service on the former Old Colony, last operated in 1959, resumed in 1997. However, the platform at JFK/UMass did not open until 2001.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference netransit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  3. ^ "A Guide to Ridership Data". MassDOT/MBTA Office of Performance Management and Innovation. June 22, 2020. p. 8.