Sutherland Road station explained

Sutherland Road
Style:MBTA
Style2:Green
Address:Commonwealth Avenue at Sutherland Road
Coordinates:42.3415°N -71.1462°W
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Passengers:856 (weekday average boardings)
Pass Year:2011
Opened:May 26, 1900[1] [2]
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:rail-light
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Sutherland Road station is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line B branch, located in the median of Commonwealth Avenue at its intersection with Sutherland Road, in Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts. The stop consists of two side platforms, which serve the B branch's two tracks. The platforms are at track level and the stop is not accessible.

Track work in 2018–19, which included replacement of platform edges at several stops, triggered requirements for accessibility modifications at those stops.[3] Design for Sutherland Road and four other B Branch stops was 30% complete by December 2022.[4] A design shown in March 2024 called for the platforms to be rebuilt at their current locations.[5] In May 2024, the Federal Transit Administration awarded the MBTA $67 million to construct accessible platforms at 14 B and C branch stops including Sutherland Road., construction is expected to start in fall 2025.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: History of subways, tunnels and elevated lines . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority . Engineering and Maintenance Department . 1981 . Internet Archive.
  2. Book: Tremont Street Subway: A Century of Public Service . Clarke . Bradley H. . Cummings . O.R. . 1997 . Boston Street Railway Association . 0938315048 . 58.
  3. Web site: System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—May 2021 . May 24, 2021 . Laura . Brelsford . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility . 4–5.
  4. Web site: System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—December 2022 . December 6, 2022 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility . 4–5.
  5. Web site: Green Line B Branch Improvements and Accessibility Upgrades . March 22, 2024 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  6. Web site: Accessibility Initiatives—June 2024 . June 25, 2024 . Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority . 4.