Kent Street station

Kent Street station is a light rail surface stop on the MBTA Green Line C branch, located in the median of Beacon Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. The two side platforms are staggered on opposite sides of the Kent Street / Powell Street grade crossing; the outbound platform is to the east and the inbound platform to the west. Kent Street is not accessible.

Kent Street
Inbound train passing the outbound platform at Kent Street in 2016
General information
LocationBeacon Street and Powell Street
Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates42.344125°N 71.113885°W / 42.344125; -71.113885
Platforms2 staggered side platforms
Tracks2
Passengers
2011386 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
St. Paul Street
toward Cleveland Circle
 Green Line Hawes Street
toward Government Center

Track work in 2018–19, which included replacement of platform edges at several stops, triggered requirements for accessibility modifications at those stops. As of May 2021, the MBTA expects construction at Kent Street and seven other C Branch stations to begin in 2023–24.[2]

References
  1. "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
  2. Brelsford, Laura (May 24, 2021). "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—May 2021" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. p. 4.

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