Fairbanks Street station

Fairbanks Street
An outbound train at Fairbanks Street station in 2024
General information
LocationBeacon Street at Fairbanks Street
Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′23″N 71°07′52″W / 42.33967°N 71.13107°W / 42.33967; -71.13107
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
AccessibleNo
History
Closed2026 (planned)
Passengers
2011444 daily boardings[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Washington Square
toward Cleveland Circle
 Green Line Brandon Hall
toward Government Center
Location

Fairbanks Street station is a light rail stop on the Green Line C branch of the MBTA subway system, located in the median of Beacon Street at Fairbanks Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. Fairbanks station has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. It is not accessible, although a wheelchair lift allows accessible transfer between the two elevations of the two halves of Beacon Street at the station. The MBTA plans to close Fairbanks Street in 2026 as part of renovations to nearby Brandon Hall station.

Planned closure

Track work in 2018–19, which included replacement of platform edges at several stops, triggered requirements for accessibility modifications at those stops.[2] Design work for Fairbanks Street and seven other C Branch stations was 15% complete by December 2022.[3] Designs shown in February 2024 called for Fairbanks Street and Brandon Hall stations to be consolidated into a single station between their present locations. Accessible ramps to the north side of Beacon Street would be built at Lancaster Terrace and Mason Path.[4] In May 2024, the Federal Transit Administration awarded the MBTA $67 million to construct accessible platforms at 14 B and C branch stops including the combined station.[5]

The MBTA awarded a $41.9 million design-build contract in April 2025.[6] Designs shown in February 2026 called for the platforms for the combined station to be at the existing Brandon Hall site.[7] As of March 2026, work at Fairbanks Street and Brandon Hall is expected to take place from May to December 2026.[8]

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. pp. 4–5.
  3. ↑ "System-Wide Accessibility Initiatives—December 2022" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Department of System-Wide Accessibility. December 6, 2022. pp. 4–5.
  4. ↑ "Green Line C Branch Accessibility Upgrades" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. February 15, 2024.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ Dunlevy, Gwen (April 24, 2025). "MBTA Construction Contract No. A26CN04 Design Build Green Line C Branch Short Term Accessibility Improvements" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  7. ↑ "Green Line C Branch Station Accessibility Upgrade Project". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. February 3, 2026. p. 20.
  8. ↑ "Green Line C Branch Station Accessibility Upgrades Project: Town of Brookline Pre-Construction Public Meeting". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. March 30, 2026. p. 26.

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