Shawmut | |||||||||||||
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Shawmut station headhouse in August 2016 | |||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||
Location | Dayton Street at Clementine Park Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°17′37″N 71°03′57″W / 42.29371°N 71.06591°W | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Ashmont Branch (Shawmut Branch) | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | 1872 (original station) September 1, 1928 (rapid transit)[1] | ||||||||||||
Closed | 1926 (original station) | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1981, 2004–2009 | ||||||||||||
Previous names | Melville Avenue; Centre Street | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
FY2019 | 2,286 boardings (weekday average)[2] | ||||||||||||
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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.