Shawmut station

Shawmut
Shawmut station headhouse in August 2016
General information
LocationDayton Street at Clementine Park
Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°17′37″N 71°03′57″W / 42.29371°N 71.06591°W / 42.29371; -71.06591
Line(s)Ashmont Branch (Shawmut Branch)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1872 (original station)
September 1, 1928 (rapid transit)[1]
Closed1926 (original station)
Rebuilt1981, 2004–2009
Previous namesMelville Avenue; Centre Street
Passengers
FY20192,286 boardings (weekday average)[2]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Ashmont
Terminus
Red Line Fields Corner
toward Alewife
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Ashmont
toward Mattapan
Boston–​Mattapan Fields Corner
toward Boston
Location
Map

Shawmut station is a subway station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the Ashmont branch of the MBTA's Red Line. It is located on Dayton Street in the Dorchester neighborhood. The station, the only underground station on the Red Line south of Andrew station, sits in a shallow cut-and-cover subway tunnel that runs from Park Street south to Peabody Square where it surfaces at Ashmont station. Shawmut opened along with Ashmont on September 1, 1928, as part of a southward extension of the Cambridge–Dorchester line.

Shawmut station has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. The headhouse connects the two platforms and serves as a free crossover between them, with two elevators from the paid lobby to each platform. Emergency exits near the south end of the platforms lead to small brick buildings on the entrance plaza. Shawmut does not have any MBTA bus connections because the station is located in a residential neighborhood away from major streets.

  1. ^ Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
  2. ^ "A Guide to Ridership Data". MassDOT/MBTA Office of Performance Management and Innovation. June 22, 2020. p. 10.