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Revision as of 07:17, 10 May 2012
UPHAMS CORNER | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Outbound train leaving Uphams Corner | |||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 691 Dudley Street Dorchester, MA 02125-2204 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°19′09″N 71°04′07″W / 42.3191°N 71.0686°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | MBTA | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | MBTA Bus: 15, 41, 191 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1A | ||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1855; November 3, 1979;[1] October 5, 1987[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1944; January 30, 1981[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Dudley Street | ||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 daily | 154[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Uphams Corner is a commuter rail station on the Fairmount Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, located on Dudley Street in the Uphams Corner area of the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. With two full-length high-level platforms and ramps to the street, the station is fully wheelchair accessible.
Service on the Fairmount Line (as the Dorchester Branch of the Norfolk County Railroad and later the New York and New England Railroad and New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad) began in 1855 and lasted until 1944. The service included a stop at Uphams Corner.[3] The station was originally known as Dudley Street; it may have been later changed to avoid confusion with Dudley Street Terminal.[4]
The Dorchester Branch (also known as the Midland Route) was reopened as a bypass in November 1979 during Southwest Corridor construction, including stops at Uphams Corner, Morton Street, and Fairmount.[1] However, Uphams Corner and Morton Street were dropped in January 1981 as part of systemwide cuts.[1] Service over the route was intended to be temporary; however, it was popular with residents of the communities the line passed through. When the Southwest Corridor reopened in October 1987, the Fairmount shuttle service was retained, with Uphams Corner and Morton Street reopened.[1]
The station was rebuilt in 2006 as part of larger Fairmount Line improvements.[5] The rebuilding included new high-level platforms, ramps to Dudley Street, canopies, and new lighting and signage.
Nearby Uphams Corner has long been a transfer point between streetcar and bus lines. Two bus routes, the 15 - Kane Square or Fields Corner Station - Ruggles Station via Uphams Corner and the 41 - Centre & Eliot Streets. - JFK/UMass Station via Dudley Station, Centre Street & Jackson Square Station, serve the station directly via Dudley Street. Additionally, the 191 - Mattapan-Haymarket via Ashmont, Fields Corner and Dudley route (a single early-morning round trip for fare collectors) stops at the station, as do a pair of rerouted afternoon 16 Forest Hills Station - Andrew Station or UMass via Columbia Road trips for school service.[1] (All other #16 trips, as well as all #17 trips, instead stop at Uphams Corner itself, several blocks to the east of the station.)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Belcher, Jonathan (23 April 2012). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Johnson (1873). "Boston 1873". Ward Maps. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ Leo S. (26 December 2009). "Railroad Stations in Dorchester". Dorchester Atheneum. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ O'Sullivan, Jim (30 March 2005). "Concerns Arise over Uphams Corner Station Shutdown Details". Dorchester Reporter. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
External links
- MBTA - Uphams Corner
Media related to Uphams Corner station at Wikimedia Commons- Fairmount Line schedule
- Dudley Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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