Chiswick Road station
Chiswick Road station is a light rail station on the MBTA's Green Line B branch, located in the median of Commonwealth Avenue north of Chiswick Road in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Chiswick Road consists of two side platforms, which serve the B branch's two tracks.
History
In 2003, Chiswick Road was one of five stops on the B branch proposed for closure, due to having a low average daily ridership and being located quite close to nearby, better-used stops. Chiswick Road was dropped from the proposal shortly after it was announced due to opposition from residents of a local housing project for the elderly served by the stop. The other four stops were provisionally closed on April 20, 2004, which was made permanent on March 15, 2005.Track work in 2018–19, which included replacement of platform edges at several stops, triggered requirements for accessibility modifications at those stops. Design for Chiswick Road and four other B Branch stops was 30% complete by December 2022. A design shown in March 2024 called for the platforms to be rebuilt at their current locations. In May 2024, the Federal Transit Administration awarded the MBTA $67 million to construct accessible platforms at 14 B and C branch stops including Chiswick Road. Additional stops were added to the B branch project in 2024., the MBTA expects to issue the $74 million design-build contract in early 2026, with construction lasting from spring 2026 to late 2027.