Valley Road (MBTA station)

VALLEY RD
Valley Road station in March 2016
Location	Valley Road off Eliot Street Milton, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°16′04″N 71°04′59″W / 42.267772°N 71.083025°W / 42.267772; -71.083025Coordinates: 42°16′04″N 71°04′59″W / 42.267772°N 71.083025°W / 42.267772; -71.083025
Line(s)	Red Line– Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	None
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	44 (weekday inbound average)[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Central Avenue toward Ashmont Red Line Mattapan High Speed Line Capen Street toward Mattapan

Valley Road is a light rail stop on the MBTA Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line, a branch of the Red Line. The station is located on Valley Road off Eliot Street in Milton, Massachusetts. Valley Road consists of two side platforms that serve the lines's two tracks. Unlike all other stations on the Line, Valley Road is not handicapped accessible.

History

Valley Road station in February 1930

Valley Road opened on December 21, 1929 along with Central Avenue, Capen Street, and Mattapan as the second phase of the Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line.^[2] Like Capen Street and Butler, it had not previously been the site of a railroad station.

The whole line closed from June 24, 2006 to December 22, 2007 for a complete renovation.^[2] Unlike the other stations, Valley Road was not made handicapped accessible; its position below a hillside would have required a complex set of ramps. This was deemed too expensive for the stop, which has the lowest ridership of any MBTA rapid transit stop at just 44 daily riders.^[1]

References

External links

• MBTA — Valley Road

Media related to Valley Road (MBTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Eliot Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Subway lines (List of stations)	Heavy rail      Blue      Orange      Red Light rail      Green "B" Branch "C" Branch "D" Branch "E" Branch      Ashmont–Mattapan Former lines      Arborway Line      Atlantic Avenue Elevated      Causeway Street Elevated      Charlestown Elevated      Green Line "A" Branch      Washington Street Elevated
Commuter Rail lines (List of stations)	North Station lines Fitchburg Haverhill (Wildcat Branch) Lowell Newburyport/Rockport South Station lines Fairmount Framingham/Worcester Franklin Greenbush Needham Old Colony (Kingston/Plymouth Middleborough/Lakeville      CapeFLYER) Providence/Stoughton Former lines Central Mass Branch Dedham Branch Lexington Branch Millis Branch Woburn Branch
Bus routes (List of routes)	Silver Line Crosstown routes Key routes Trackless trolleys Routes East Boston, Chelsea, Revere Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield South Boston
Other services	Boat The Ride
Component parts of system lines	Boylston Street Subway      Haymarket North Extension      Lechmere Viaduct      Tremont Street Subway
Capital projects	Under construction      Blue Hill Avenue station      Boston Landing station           Forest Hills modifications      Green Line Extension      Haverhill Line upgrades           Silver Line Gateway / Chelsea station      South Coast Rail In planning / proposed      Buzzards Bay extension      Foxboro service      Hynes Convention Center renovation      Kingston R.I. extension      Nashua extension      Route 16 extension      Wollaston renovation Formerly proposed      Arborway Line restoration      Indigo Line (Fairmount Grand Junction Track 61)      Lexington extension      Lynn extension      North–South Rail Link      Plaistow extension      Reading extension           Red Line—Blue Line Connector Urban Ring Project
History	Predecessor companies Boston Elevated Railway Streetcar lines Boston and Maine Railroad Conrail New York Central Railroad New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Penn Central Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Newton and Boston Street Railway Accidents and incidents      1990 Back Bay      2008 Waban/Woodland
Other	Accessibility Arts on the Line Bicycling CharlieCard Grand Junction Railroad "Charlie on the M.T.A." Nomenclature Police                Winter Street Concourse Yards and maintenance facilities