Fields Corner (MBTA station)

FIELDS CORNER
An inbound train at Fields Corner station in July 2013
Location	Dorchester Avenue at Charles Street Dorchester, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°18′00″N 71°03′42″W / 42.3000°N 71.0617°W / 42.3000; -71.0617Coordinates: 42°18′00″N 71°03′42″W / 42.3000°N 71.0617°W / 42.3000; -71.0617
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Red Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	November 5, 1927
Rebuilt	September 23, 2008
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	5,298 (weekday average boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Savin Hill toward Alewife Red Line Ashmont Branch Shawmut toward Ashmont

Fields Corner is a rapid transit station on the MBTA Red Line, located in Fields Corner in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It opened on November 5, 1927, serving as the southern terminus of the line for about a year until Shawmut and Ashmont opened in 1928.

In addition to the two rapid transit platforms, one on each side of the line, there were streetcar tracks on each side, with the departing tracks at the north (railroad west) side split into two, and a bus loop under the south (east) track. Free transfers were available between all modes. For buses, a paper transfer was required. The lower-level busway was later closed, and all buses (and trackless trolleys, later discontinued) were routed to the upper level. The upper level busways were closed around 2003 for reconstruction.

The new Fields Corner station entrance lobby opened on Friday, December 22, 2006. After a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:05 am that day, Fields Corner became the final fare-controlled station on the Red Line to be converted to use the CharlieCard-based automated fare collection system. The complete station renovation was completed on September 23, 2008.

The station, located on a high grade, is one of a small number of elevated rapid transit stations remaining in the MBTA system. (The only others are Science Park, Malden Center, Charles/MGH, Wollaston, and Beachmont.) Boston once had several elevated lines, but the Atlantic Avenue Elevated, Charlestown Elevated, Washington Street Elevated, and Causeway Elevated were all torn down in favor of subway and surface-level lines.