Fairmount (MBTA station)

FAIRMOUNT
Station, looking northeast (inbound) viewed from Fairmount Avenue bridge
Location	Fairmount Avenue at Truman Highway Hyde Park, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°15′14″N 71°07′09″W / 42.2538°N 71.1191°W / 42.2538; -71.1191Coordinates: 42°15′14″N 71°07′09″W / 42.2538°N 71.1191°W / 42.2538; -71.1191
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Fairmount Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA Bus: 24
Construction
Parking	51 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1A
History
Opened	1855, November 3, 1979
Closed	1944
Rebuilt	2003-05
Previous names	Hyde Park
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	372 (weekday average boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Readville Terminus Fairmount Line Morton Street toward South Station Blue Hill Avenue Opens 2019 toward South Station Readville toward Forge Park/495 Franklin Line Limited service Morton Street toward South Station

Fairmount (sometimes written as Fairmount Avenue) is a regional rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Fairmount Line, located in the Hyde Park section of Boston, Massachusetts, under the Fairmount Avenue overpass. It is the last stop outbound on the Fairmount Line before it joins the Franklin Line at Readville. Fairmount station opened in 1979 during Southwest Corridor reconstruction; intended to be temporary, it eventually became a permanent stop.

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 named Hyde Park at Fairmount Avenue, and a stop named Fairmount near Glenwood Avenue. The station at Glenwood Avenue was also known as Glenwood. Another station, currently known as Hyde Park, is located in Hyde Park six blocks to the west. During their histories, both stations were referred to both as "Hyde Park" and as "Fairmount".

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. This station was originally built at minimal cost, with small low-level platforms and no direct access to Morton Street. The station was not handicapped accessible, as service over the route was intended to be temporary. However, it was popular with residents of the communities the line passed through: by 1983, over 600 riders per day boarded at Fairmount, enough to justify service to both Fairmount and nearby Hyde Park after the end of construction.