Lansdowne station (MBTA)

Lansdowne
Fenway Center construction over Lansdowne station in July 2019
General information
Location85 Brookline Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′51″N 71°06′02″W / 42.3476°N 71.1006°W / 42.3476; -71.1006
Line(s)Worcester Main Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport MBTA bus: 8, 19, 60, 65
At Kenmore: Green Line (MBTA) Green Line, Bus transport 57
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone1A
History
OpenedApril 29, 1988 (1988-04-29)[1]
RebuiltMarch 10, 2014 (2014-03-10)[2]
Previous namesYawkey
Passengers
20181,195 (weekday average boardings)[3]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Boston Landing
toward Worcester
Framingham/​Worcester Line Back Bay
Location
Map

Lansdowne station (formerly Yawkey station) is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the Framingham/Worcester Line. Lansdowne is located next to the Massachusetts Turnpike in the Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood near Kenmore Square, below grade between Beacon Street and Brookline Avenue.

The station, originally named after former Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, opened as an infill station in 1988, for limited service to baseball games at Fenway Park. Regular commuter service began in 2001 for riders headed to Boston University, Kenmore Square, and the Longwood Medical and Academic Area. Inbound and outbound trains formerly shared a single two-car platform on the inbound track, requiring passengers to embark or debark from the front two cars of outbound trains or the rear two cars of inbound trains.

In 2012, work began on a new, fully accessible station, including two longer high-level platforms and an overhead pedestrian bridge. Passengers boarded from the east end of the new station from June 2013 until March 10, 2014; after delays, it opened fully that day. The new station is served by all Worcester Line trains, which was expected to increase ridership from 585 total daily boardings and alightings to 937. By a 2018 count, there were 2,491 daily (1,195 boardings and 1,296 alightings).[3] The Fenway Center air rights development, which is partially over the station, added a pedestrian deck connecting the station to Beacon Street.

The station was renamed Lansdowne (after nearby Lansdowne Street) effective April 8, 2019, following the May 2018 renaming of Yawkey Way back to Jersey Street.

  1. ^ Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association. pp. 345, 349. Page numbers are accurate to the April 21, 2018 version.
  2. ^ Rocheleau, Matt (February 26, 2014). "MBTA to open rebuilt Yawkey Station in March, boosting service on Framingham-Worcester rail line". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.