Uphams Corner station

UPHAMS CORNER
Outbound train leaving Uphams Corner
General information
Location	691 Dudley Street Dorchester, MA 02125-2204
Coordinates	42°19′09″N 71°04′07″W
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Fairmount Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA Bus: 15, 41, 191
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1A
History
Opened	1855; November 3, 1979; October 5, 1987
Closed	1944; January 30, 1981
Rebuilt	2006
Previous names	Dudley Street
Passengers
2009 daily	154
Services
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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. The station has been 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.

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. The station was originally known as Dudley Street; it may have been later changed to avoid confusion with Dudley Street Terminal.

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. However, Uphams Corner and Morton Street were dropped in January 1981 as part of systemwide cuts. 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.

The station was rebuilt in 2006 as part of the larger Fairmount Line Improvements project, which also included four new stations along the line. The rebuilding included new high-level platforms, ramps to Dudley Street, canopies, and new lighting and signage. The station was officially reopened on January 23, 2007.

Bus connections

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. (All other #16 trips, as well as all #17 trips, instead stop at Uphams Corner itself, several blocks to the east of the station.)

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