Fairbanks Street | |||||||||||
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 An outbound train at Fairbanks Street station in 2024 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Beacon Street at Fairbanks Street Brookline, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°20′22.10″N71°7′52.69″W / 42.3394722°N 71.1313028°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Closed | 2026 (planned) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2011 | 444 (weekday average boardings) [1] | ||||||||||
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Fairbanks Street station is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line C branch in Brookline, Massachusetts, located in the median of Beacon Street. Fairbanks station has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. It is not accessible, although a wheelchair lift allows accessible transfer between the two elevations of the two halves of Beacon Street at the station. The MBTA plans to close Fairbanks Street and consolidate the station with the nearby Brandon Hall station by the end of 2026. [2]
Track work in 2018–19, which included replacement of platform edges at several stops, triggered requirements for accessibility modifications at those stops. [3] Design work for Fairbanks Street and seven other C Branch stations was 15% complete by December 2022. [4] In May 2024, the Federal Transit Administration awarded the MBTA $67 million to construct accessible platforms at 14 B and C branch stops including the combined station. [5] The MBTA awarded a $41.9 million design-build contract in April 2025. [6] Designs shown in February 2026 called for Fairbanks Street to be consolidated with Brandon Hall station. The platforms at Brandon Hall would be made accessible. Accessible ramps to the north side of Beacon Street would be built at Lancaster Terrace and Mason Path. As of February 2026, construction is expected to take place from spring 2026 to fall 2026. [7]
