Boston University East (MBTA station)

BOSTON UNIV. EAST
Boston University East station facing outbound with BU's College of Arts and Sciences in the right background
Location	Commonwealth Avenue at Granby Street Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°20′58″N 71°06′14″W / 42.349569°N 71.103866°W / 42.349569; -71.103866Coordinates: 42°20′58″N 71°06′14″W / 42.349569°N 71.103866°W / 42.349569; -71.103866
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Green Line– "B" Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA Bus:
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1894
Rebuilt	March 18, 2002 - November 18, 2003
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	1,747 (weekday average boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Boston University Central toward Boston College Green Line "B" Branch Blandford Street toward Park Street   Former services   Boston University Central toward Watertown Green Line "A" Branch Closed 1969 Blandford Street toward Park Street

Boston University East is a surface-level light rail station on the MBTA Green Line "B" Branch located in Boston, Massachusetts. The station is located in the center median of Commonwealth Avenue, between Granby Street and the east end of Cummington Street, surrounded by the Boston University campus. It consists of two side platforms, which serve the "B" Branch's two tracks.

Boston University East is one of only five surface stations on the branch that is handicapped-accessible (the others being BU Central, Harvard Avenue, Washington Street, and the "B" Branch's terminus at Boston College).

Owing to its location in front of Warren Towers dormitory and Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University East has the sixth-highest ridership of any station on the "B" Branch. Because of their high ridership, Boston University East and Boston University Central were rebuilt with slightly raised platforms in 2002-03 to allow level boarding onto the new Type 8 trams. Service was provided to an interim station with temporary platforms between the two stops during construction. Construction began on March 18, 2002, a week behind schedule due to delays in finishing up similar work at Harvard Avenue and Washington Street. The project was then expected to be completed within six months.

However, poor weather and limited work periods (as most work could only be done during the four hours at night that no trains used the line) delayed the completion date first to December 2002, then March 2003. The contractor informed the MBTA in early 2003 that they would be unable to complete the work; a new contractor was chosen in mid-2003, but work did not resume until September. The stations were completed and reopened on November 18, 2003.