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The station was rebuilt in 2005-2007 as part of the larger [[Fairmount Line#Improvement project|Fairmount Line Improvements]] project, which also included four new stations along the line.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dotnews.com/2005/concerns-arise-over-uphams-corner-station-shutdown-details |title=Concerns Arise over Uphams Corner Station Shutdown Details |newspaper=Dorchester Reporter |date=30 March 2005 |author=O'Sullivan, Jim |accessdate=10 January 2012}}</ref> A groundbreaking was held on April 14, 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bostonmpo.org/bostonmpo/4_resources/2_transreport/archive/trpt0505.pdf |title=MBTA Begins Upgrading Fairmount Line |work=TRANSreport |date=May 2005 |publisher=Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization |accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> The rebuilding included new full-length high-level platforms, ramps to Dudley Street, canopies, and new lighting and signage. The new, fully handicapped-accessible station was officially reopened on January 23, 2007.<ref name=april2012 />
The station was rebuilt in 2005-2007 as part of the larger [[Fairmount Line#Improvement project|Fairmount Line Improvements]] project, which also included four new stations along the line.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dotnews.com/2005/concerns-arise-over-uphams-corner-station-shutdown-details |title=Concerns Arise over Uphams Corner Station Shutdown Details |newspaper=Dorchester Reporter |date=30 March 2005 |author=O'Sullivan, Jim |accessdate=10 January 2012}}</ref> A groundbreaking was held on April 14, 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bostonmpo.org/bostonmpo/4_resources/2_transreport/archive/trpt0505.pdf |title=MBTA Begins Upgrading Fairmount Line |work=TRANSreport |date=May 2005 |publisher=Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization |accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> The rebuilding included new full-length high-level platforms, ramps to Dudley Street, canopies, and new lighting and signage. The new, fully handicapped-accessible station was officially reopened on January 23, 2007.<ref name=april2012 />

In the mid-2010s, Uphams Corner station became locally known for high rates of heroin use at the lightly used and largely unpatrolled station.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.whdh.com/story/30128883/7news-special-report-heroin-hotspot |title=7News Special Report: Heroin Hotspot |newspaper=7News |date=28 September 2015 |last=O'Hara |first=Kelli |accessdate=29 September 2015}}</ref>


==Bus connections==
==Bus connections==

Revision as of 01:06, 29 September 2015

UPHAMS CORNER
Outbound train leaving Uphams Corner
General information
Location691 Dudley Street
Dorchester, MA 02125-2204
Coordinates42°19′09″N 71°04′07″W / 42.3191°N 71.0686°W / 42.3191; -71.0686
Owned byMBTA
Line(s)
  Fairmount Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport MBTA Bus : 15 41, 191
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone1A
History
Opened1855; November 3, 1979;[1]
October 5, 1987[1]
Closed1944; January 30, 1981[1]
RebuiltJanuary 23, 2007[2]
Previous namesDudley Street
Passengers
201350 (weekday inbound average)[3]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
Template:MBTA lines
Template:MBTA lines
Limited service

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. The station is fully wheelchair accessible with two full-length high-level platforms and ramps to the street, which were added during a construction project that finished in 2007.[2] The Upham's Corner business district is within easy walking distance. Travel time to South Station is approximately 11 minutes.

History

The station's full-length accessible high-level platforms were added in the 2006 reconstruction

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.[4] The station was originally known as Dudley Street; it may have been later changed to avoid confusion with Dudley Street Terminal.[5] A separate station was located just one street to the north, at Cottage Street.[6]

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] Uphams Corner was originally built at minimal cost, with small low-level platforms and staircases to Dudley Street. Intended to be only in service for several years, the station was not handicapped accessible. 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 2005-2007 as part of the larger Fairmount Line Improvements project, which also included four new stations along the line.[7] A groundbreaking was held on April 14, 2005.[8] The rebuilding included new full-length high-level platforms, ramps to Dudley Street, canopies, and new lighting and signage. The new, fully handicapped-accessible station was officially reopened on January 23, 2007.[2]

In the mid-2010s, Uphams Corner station became locally known for high rates of heroin use at the lightly used and largely unpatrolled station.[9]

Bus connections

Nearby Uphams Corner has long been a transfer point between streetcar and bus lines. Two regular bus routes 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "State Implementation Plan – Transit Commitments Monthly Status Report" (PDF). Massachusetts Department of Transportation. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  4. ^ Johnson (1873). "Boston 1873". Ward Maps. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  5. ^ Leo S. (26 December 2009). "Railroad Stations in Dorchester". Dorchester Atheneum. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  6. ^ KKO and Associates (15 October 2001). Fairmount Line Feasibility Study: Task One:Assessment of Existing Conditions (Draft). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  7. ^ O'Sullivan, Jim (30 March 2005). "Concerns Arise over Uphams Corner Station Shutdown Details". Dorchester Reporter. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  8. ^ "MBTA Begins Upgrading Fairmount Line" (PDF). TRANSreport. Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization. May 2005. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  9. ^ O'Hara, Kelli (28 September 2015). "7News Special Report: Heroin Hotspot". 7News. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
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