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Andrew station

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399: 46: 391: 736: 1069: 656: 856: 144: 589: 458:, consisting of 14 stainless steel boxes suspended over the tracks, which contain items collected from riders during station renovation in 1993. The boxes are to be opened in 2068, 75 years after their installation. The restored original wood frame toll taker's booth from the 1920s is installed as a permanent display in the inbound-outbound crossover lobby. 262: 378:, the square is at the intersection of several major thoroughfares: Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester Street, Southampton Street, and Boston Street. Andrew is the primary transfer point between the Red Line subway and the MBTA surface bus routes into South Boston. Opened in 1918 and renovated in 1990–1994, it is fully 446:
After political requests and lobbying efforts by the local community, the station underwent extensive renovation from 1990 to 1993 with a new bus shed and underground connections, including a crossover mezzanine between the Red Line platforms. Work began in September 1990; the station was closed
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opened on December 14, 1988, Andrew was the southernmost transfer point between the Ashmont and South Shore (Braintree) branches of the Red Line. The platforms were extended in the mid-1980s to allow six-car trains, but the station itself was deteriorating.
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as the primary streetcar transfer point for South Boston. A multiple track streetcar station was built on the surface, with direct connections from the rapid transit platforms. Andrew was the terminus of the line until November 1927, when
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The fare mezzanines and staircases were reconfigured over the years as streetcars were replaced by trackless trolleys and later buses. Streetcars and trackless trolleys entered the surface station from Dorchester Avenue, but after
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nights and some weekends until March 1991 during the heaviest work. Construction on the busway finished in January 1994. The rebuilt station incorporates elevators to the platforms to provide full handicapped accessibility.
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The station opened in June 1918 as the southern terminus of the Cambridge–Dorchester line, and quickly replaced
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From its opening of the South Shore line on September 1, 1971, until the second platform at
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Replacement of the three elevators was completed on October 18, 2019.
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A northbound train entering Andrew station in August 2024
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Dorchester Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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Railway stations in the United States opened in 1918
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Andrew (MBTA station)

South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
42°19′49″N 71°03′26″W / 42.33019°N 71.05712°W / 42.33019; -71.05712
Dorchester Tunnel
side platforms
MBTA bus
CT3
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16
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MBTA
Broadway
Alewife
Red Line
JFK/UMass
Ashmont
Braintree
rapid transit
Boston, Massachusetts
South Boston
MBTA
Red Line
MBTA bus
John Albion Andrew
accessible

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