Roxbury Crossing (MBTA station)

ROXBURY CROSSING
Roxbury Crossing main entrance in May 2012
Location	1400 Tremont Street Roxbury, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°19′53″N 71°05′44″W / 42.3313°N 71.0956°W / 42.3313; -71.0956Coordinates: 42°19′53″N 71°05′44″W / 42.3313°N 71.0956°W / 42.3313; -71.0956
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Orange Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA Bus: 15, 22, 23, 29, 44, 45, 66, MIS
Construction
Bicycle facilities	16 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1834 (B&P) 4 May 1987 (Orange Line)
Closed	September 29, 1940 (NYNH&H)
Rebuilt	June 1, 1897
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	4,727 (weekday average boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Jackson Square toward Forest Hills Orange Line Ruggles toward Oak Grove

Roxbury Crossing is a rapid transit station on the MBTA Orange Line, located on Tremont Street in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston. The current station opened in 1987 as part of the renovation and relocation of the southern Orange Line. Like all stations on the Orange Line, Roxbury Crossing is wheelchair accessible.

On June 21, 1831, the Boston and Providence Railroad was incorporated, and was chartered the next day to build a rail line between its two namesake cities; construction began in late 1832, and the B&P opened from Park Square to Canton in 1834, with intermediate stations at Readville and Roxbury Crossing (the remaining section of the B&P main line, from Canton to Providence, opened the following year with the completion of the Canton Viaduct).

Originally, the station (along with the entire B&P main line north of Readville) was at ground level. Starting in 1891, the Old Colony Railroad (which had acquired the B&P in 1888, and was itself acquired in 1893 by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad) raised the section of its main line through Roxbury and Jamaica Plain (extending from Massachusetts Avenue to the current location of Forest Hills station) onto a 4-track stone embankment to eliminate dangerous grade crossings. The project involved the building of five new stations in Roxbury and Jamaica Plain; the existing stations at Roxbury Crossing, Jamaica Plain, and Forest Hills were replaced with new elevated stations, while two additional commuter stations were built at Heath Street and Boylston Street. The new Roxbury Crossing station opened on June 1, 1897, along with the other four new stations.