Fields Corner (MBTA station)

FIELDS CORNER
Station platforms in 2011, looking inbound (eastwards)
Location	Dorchester Avenue & Charles Street Dorchester, MA
Coordinates	42°18′00″N 71°03′42″W / 42.3000°N 71.0617°WCoordinates: 42°18′00″N 71°03′42″W / 42.3000°N 71.0617°W
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 (2010)	4,152[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Savin Hill toward Alewife Red Line Ashmont Branch Shawmut toward Ashmont

Fields Corner is a 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.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Inbound	← Red Line toward Alewife (Savin Hill)
	Outbound	→ Red Line toward Ashmont (Shawmut) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance, lobby

Original configuration of Fields Corner with streetcar loop and separate busway

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.

History

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.^[2]

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.

Bus connections

Fields Corner is a major MBTA bus transfer point servicing 8 MBTA bus routes.

• 15 Ruggles Sta. via Uphams Corner & Kane Sq. (late evenings only)
• 17 Andrew Station via Uphams Corner & Edward Everett Square
• 18 Ashmont Station - Andrew Station via Fields Corner Station
• 19 Ruggles Sta. via Grove Hall & Dudley Station
• 201 Fields Corner - Fields Corner or No. Quincy Station via Neponset Ave. to Adams St.
• 202 Fields Corner - Fields Corner or No. Quincy Station via Adams St. to Neponset Ave.
• 210 Quincy Center Sta. via Hancock St., No. Quincy Sta. & Neponset Ave.
• 215 Quincy Center Station - Ashmont Station via West Quincy & East Milton Square (Sundays only)

Accessibility

Fields Corner is wheelchair accessible after the 2006 renovation. See MBTA accessibility.

References

1. "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
2. "Governor Patrick, Mayor Menino Celebrate Completion of Fields Corner Station". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2012.

External links

• Fields Corner History from Boston Landmarks Commission Survey
• MBTA - Fields Corner Station (Red Line)
• Cambridge Seven Associates project page
• Charles Street entrance from Google Maps Street View