As of June 2025[update], there are 143 active stations on twelve lines, four of which have branches. 121 active stations are accessible, including all terminals and all stations with rapid transit connections; 22 are not. Five additional stations (Prides Crossing, Mishawum, Hastings, Plimptonville, and Plymouth) are indefinitely closed due to service cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Several other stations are planned.
The MBTA was formed in 1964 to subsidize suburban commuter rail service operated by the Boston and Maine Railroad, New York Central Railroad, and New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Subsidies began in stages from 1965 to 1973; a number of stations closed in 1965–1967 before service to them was subsidized, of which 26 have not reopened. Contraction continued into the early 1980s; 42 additional stations closed between 1967 and 1981 have not reopened. Expansion of the system began in the late 1970s, including extensions of existing lines and the reopening of several lines discontinued before the MBTA era. Three additional low-ridership stations have closed since 1981, while several other stations have been relocated.
Key
Station
Indicates the MBTA's official name for the station.
Identifies the municipality (and for Boston, the neighborhood) in which the station is located.
Fare zone
Identifies which of the eleven fare zones the station is in. The zones are 1A, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, with Zone 1A being the closest to North Station and South Station, and Zone 10 being the farthest.
Daily boardings
Average daily boardings (in both directions) from an April 2018 count.
Station info
A link to the station's information page on the MBTA website.
South Station is the busiest MBTA Commuter Rail station and the terminal for the eight southside lines.
North Station is the second-busiest station and the terminal for the four northside lines.
Route 128 station, on the busy Northeast Corridor, is used by Providence/Stoughton Line trains (shown) as well as Amtrak trains.
Campello station, a typical accessible station with a full-length high-level platform
Accessible mini-high platforms at Mansfield station
Islington station, a typical non-accessible station with low-level platforms
Stoughton station is one of a number of stations on the system with preserved historic depot buildings.
River Works station, the only non-public station on the system, is for use only by employees of a General Electric plant.
Future stations
The planned site of Battleship Cove station
Five additional stations are planned, but not funded, as part of the second phase of the South Coast Rail project. West Station is planned as part of the redevelopment of the former Beacon Park Yard, while South Salem is municipally planned.
Remains of the platform of Salem Street stationAn early-20th-century postcard of Medway stationDurham station, closed by the B&M in 1967, has been served by Amtrak since 2001.
The MBTA was formed in August 1964 to subsidize suburban commuter rail services. Subsidies for Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) lines north of Boston began in 1965; subsidies for New York Central Railroad and New Haven Railroad lines west and south of Boston began later.[9] If a railroad was given ICC permission to discontinue a service, the MBTA would subsidize operation within its funding district (within about 15–25 miles [24–40km] of Boston), while municipalities outside the district could contract with the MBTA to fund continued service.
A number of out-of-district stations (and several in-district stations) were closed in January 1965; most reopened that June, or over the next decades. However, several minor stations were never reopened. In June 1967, the B&M discontinued never-subsidized Boston–Dover and Boston–Concord round trips - the last remains of B&M interstate service.[9] Several out-of-district stations were also closed in April 1966 when the MBTA began subsidizing several New Haven Railroad lines.[9]
This listing includes only stations closed when MBTA or local subsidies began, or on services that were never subsidized. Stations that later reopened are not listed.
Stations dropped after the start of MBTA subsidies
The abandoned outbound platform of Lechmere Warehouse station, the most recent station to permanently closeThe Minuteman Bikeway now passes through the former trainshed of Lexington DepotThe short-lived Tufts University station
The following stations had MBTA-subsidized service at one point, but are no longer served by the MBTA. Most were closed between 1967 and 1981, as four limited-service lines and a number of low-ridership stations were dropped. Three additional low-ridership stations were dropped in the 1980s and 1990s.[9]
Remains of the former Salem station, disused since 1987, with the repurposed station building at right
Most stations reconstructed (or closed and reopened) during the MBTA era have been rebuilt on or adjacent to the site of the old station. However, several stations have been substantially relocated.
Amtrak service moved to Providence station on a new alignment 0.2 miles (0.3km) north in 1986; MBTA service to Providence resumed in 1988 using the new station.
↑ "Commuter Rail Fare Zones"(PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. March 23, 2021. Archived(PDF) from the original on May 9, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
↑ Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
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