Morton Street (MBTA station)

MORTON STREET
Outbound train at Morton Street station in August 2016
Location	865 Morton Street Mattapan, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°16′50″N 71°05′09″W / 42.2806°N 71.0857°W / 42.2806; -71.0857Coordinates: 42°16′50″N 71°05′09″W / 42.2806°N 71.0857°W / 42.2806; -71.0857
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Fairmount Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA Bus: 21, 26
Construction
Parking	Kiss and ride only
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1A
History
Opened	1855; November 3, 1979; October 5, 1987
Closed	1944, January 30, 1981
Rebuilt	2006
Previous names	Forest Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	189 (weekday average boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Fairmount toward Readville Fairmount Line Talbot Ave toward South Station Blue Hill Avenue toward Readville Fairmount Line 2017 (planned) Fairmount toward Forge Park/495 Franklin Line (Limited service)

Morton Street is a commuter rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Fairmount Line, located at 865 Morton Street (MA 203) in the Mattapan section of Boston, Massachusetts. With two full-length high-level platforms and ramps to the street, the station is fully wheelchair accessible. The station was reconstructed in 2006, with the official reopening in 2007.

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 at Morton Street, originally known as Forest Avenue.

The Dorchester Branch (Midland Route) was reopened as a bypass in November 1979 during Southwest Corridor construction, including stops at Uphams Corner, Morton Street, and Fairmount. However, Uphams Corner and Morton Street were dropped in January 1981 as part of systemwide cuts. Morton Street was originally built at minimal cost, with small low-level platforms and staircases to Morton Street. The station was not handicapped accessible, since service over the route was intended to be temporary; however, it was popular with residents of the communities the line passed through. When the Southwest Corridor reopened on October 5, 1987, the Fairmount Line shuttle service was retained, with Uphams Corner and Morton Street reopened.

Starting in 2006, the station underwent a $6.5 million rebuilding as part of the Fairmount Line Improvements project. The upgrades included two full-length high-level platforms, ramps to Morton Street and Flint Street, canopies, and improved lighting and signage. The station is now fully handicapped accessible. The station officially reopened on July 17, 2007. In 2014, MassDOT replaced the structurally deficient bridge carrying Morton Street over the Fairmount Line tracks. Alternate accessible entrances to the station from the street were used during the replacement.