Geographic and stylized maps of the MBTA Commuter Rail system

MBTA Commuter Rail is the commuter rail system for the Greater Boston metropolitan area of Massachusetts. It is owned by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and operated under contract by Keolis. In 2022, it was the fifth-busiest commuter rail system in the United States with an average weekday ridership of 78,800.^[1] The system's routes span 394 miles (630 km) and cover roughly the eastern third of Massachusetts plus central Rhode Island.^[2][3] They stretch from Newburyport in the north to North Kingstown, Rhode Island, in the south, and reach as far west as Worcester and Fitchburg. The system is split into two parts, with lines north of Boston having a terminus at North Station and lines south of Boston having a terminus at South Station.

As of December 2023^[update], there are 135 active stations on twelve lines, two of which have branches. 108 active stations are accessible; 26 are not. Six additional stations (Prides Crossing, Mishawum, Hastings, Silver Hill, Plimptonville, and Plymouth) are indefinitely closed due to service cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two stations (Winchester Center and South Attleboro) are temporarily closed due to structural deterioration. Six additional stations are under construction as part of the South Coast Rail project; several other stations are planned.

The MBTA was formed in 1964 to subsidize suburban commuter rail service operated by the Boston and Maine Railroad, New York Central Railroad, and New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Subsidies began in stages from 1965 to 1973; a number of stations closed in 1965–1967 before service to them was subsidized, of which 26 have not reopened. Contraction continued into the early 1980s; 42 additional stations closed between 1967 and 1981 have not reopened. Expansion of the system began in the late 1970s, including extensions of existing lines and the reopening of several lines discontinued before the MBTA era. Three additional low-ridership stations have closed since 1981, while several others have been relocated.

Key

Station	Indicates the MBTA's official name for the station.
	Indicates whether the station is accessible. (See MBTA accessibility for further details.)
Line	Indicates the lines that stop at the given station. A bold line designation indicates that the station is a terminus for that line.
Connections	Denotes any links to MBTA subway and MBTA bus routes, to other bus systems, to Amtrak trains, or to the CapeFLYER at the station.
City/neighborhood	Identifies the municipality (and for Boston, the neighborhood) in which the station is located.
Fare zone	Identifies which of the eleven fare zones the station is in. The zones are 1A, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, with Zone 1A being the closest to North Station and South Station, and Zone 10 being the farthest.
Daily boardings	Average daily boardings (in both directions) from an April 2018 count.
Station info	A link to the station's information page on the MBTA website.

Stations

Station		Line	Connections	City/neighborhood	Fare zone[4]	Daily boardings[5]	Station info
South Station		Framingham/​Worcester Line   Needham Line   Franklin/​Foxboro Line   Providence/​Stoughton Line   Fairmount Line   Greenbush Line   Middleborough/​Lakeville Line   Kingston Line	Red Line   Silver Line (SL1, SL2, SL3, SL4, SLW)   CapeFLYER   MBTA bus (4, 7, 11) Amtrak: Acela, Lake Shore Limited, Northeast Regional Intercity buses at South Station Bus Terminal	Boston/Downtown	1A	28,416	Link
JFK/UMass		Greenbush Line   Middleborough/​Lakeville Line   Kingston Line	Red Line   MBTA bus (8, 16, 41)	Boston/Dorchester	1A	362	Link
Quincy Center		Greenbush Line   Middleborough/​Lakeville Line   Kingston Line	Red Line   MBTA bus (210, 211, 215, 216, 217, 220, 222, 225, 230, 236, 238, 245)	Quincy	1	773	Link
Weymouth Landing/East Braintree		Greenbush Line	MBTA bus (225, 226)	Weymouth	2	507	Link
East Weymouth		Greenbush Line	–	Weymouth	2	587	Link
West Hingham		Greenbush Line	—	Hingham	3	325	Link
Nantasket Junction		Greenbush Line	—	Hingham	4	218	Link
Cohasset		Greenbush Line	—	Cohasset	4	351	Link
North Scituate		Greenbush Line	—	Scituate	5	336	Link
Greenbush		Greenbush Line	–	Scituate	6	441	Link
Braintree		Kingston Line   Middleborough/​Lakeville Line	Red Line   CapeFLYER   MBTA bus (226, 230, 236)	Braintree	2	204	Link
South Weymouth		Kingston Line	—	Weymouth	3	581	Link
Abington		Kingston Line	—	Abington	4	645	Link
Whitman		Kingston Line	—	Whitman	5	362	Link
Hanson		Kingston Line	—	Hanson	6	380	Link
Halifax		Kingston Line	—	Halifax	7	276	Link
Kingston		Kingston Line	GATRA (SAIL)	Kingston	8	657	Link
Plymouth		Kingston Line	GATRA (Freedom Link, Liberty Link)	Plymouth	8	21	Link
Holbrook/​Randolph		Middleborough/​Lakeville Line	MBTA bus (238, 240)	Randolph	3	473	Link
Montello		Middleborough/​Lakeville Line	MBTA bus (230) BAT (10/11, 12)	Brockton	4	416	Link
Brockton		Middleborough/​Lakeville Line	CapeFLYER BAT (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10/11, 12, 13, 14, BSU 28)	Brockton	4	546	Link
Campello		Middleborough/​Lakeville Line	BAT (8, 12)	Brockton	5	334	Link
Bridgewater		Middleborough/​Lakeville Line	—	Bridgewater	6	600	Link
Middleborough/​Lakeville		Middleborough/​Lakeville Line	CapeFLYER GATRA (Downtown Middleborough Shuttle, Link 4)	Lakeville	8	867	Link
Newmarket		Fairmount Line	MBTA bus (8, 10)	Boston/Dorchester	1A	75	Link
Uphams Corner		Fairmount Line	MBTA bus (15, 41)	Boston/Dorchester	1A	151	Link
Four Corners/Geneva		Fairmount Line	MBTA bus (19, 23)	Boston/Dorchester	1A	245	Link
Talbot Avenue		Fairmount Line	MBTA bus (22)	Boston/Dorchester	1A	213	Link
Morton Street		Fairmount Line	MBTA bus (21, 26)	Boston/Mattapan	1A	264	Link
Blue Hill Avenue		Fairmount Line	MBTA bus (28, 29, 30, 31)	Boston/Mattapan	1A	–	Link
Fairmount		Fairmount Line	MBTA bus (24, 33)	Boston/Hyde Park	1A	543	Link
Readville		Fairmount Line   Franklin/​Foxboro Line	MBTA bus (32, 33)	Boston/Hyde Park	2	426	Link
Back Bay		Framingham/​Worcester Line   Franklin/​Foxboro Line   Needham Line   Providence/​Stoughton Line	Orange Line   MBTA bus (10, 39) Amtrak: Acela, Lake Shore Limited, Northeast Regional Intercity buses at Copley Square	Boston/Back Bay	1A	8,103	Link
Ruggles		Franklin/​Foxboro Line   Needham Line   Providence/​Stoughton Line	Orange Line   MBTA bus (8, 15, 19, 22, 23, 28, 43, 44, 45, 47, CT2, CT3)	Boston/Roxbury Crossing	1A	2,640	Link
Forest Hills		Franklin/​Foxboro Line   Needham Line   Providence/​Stoughton Line	Orange Line   MBTA bus (16, 21, 30, 31, 32, 34, 34E, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 50, 51)	Boston/Jamaica Plain	1A	142	Link
Hyde Park		Franklin/​Foxboro Line   Providence/​Stoughton Line	MBTA bus (24, 32, 33, 50)	Boston/Hyde Park	1	526	Link
Route 128		Providence/​Stoughton Line	Amtrak: Acela, Northeast Regional	Westwood	2	1,721	Link
Canton Junction		Providence/​Stoughton Line	—	Canton	3	1,115	Link
Canton Center		Providence/​Stoughton Line	MBTA bus (716)	Canton	3	470	Link
Stoughton		Providence/​Stoughton Line	BAT (14)	Stoughton	4	917	Link
Sharon		Providence/​Stoughton Line	—	Sharon	4	1,308	Link
Mansfield		Providence/​Stoughton Line	Blue Apple Bus	Mansfield	6	1,966	Link
Attleboro		Providence/​Stoughton Line	GATRA (10, 12, 15, 16, 18)	Attleboro	7	1,547	Link
South Attleboro		Providence/​Stoughton Line	GATRA (11, 16) RIPTA (1, 35)	Attleboro	7	1,144	Link
Pawtucket/​Central Falls		Providence/​Stoughton Line	RIPTA (R-Line, 1, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 78, 80, QX)	Pawtucket, RI	8	–	Link
Providence		Providence/​Stoughton Line	Amtrak: Acela, Northeast Regional RIPTA (R-Line, 3, 4, 50, 51, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 66, 72)	Providence, RI	8	2,091	Link
T. F. Green Airport		Providence/​Stoughton Line	RIPTA (14)	Warwick, RI	9	227	Link
Wickford Junction		Providence/​Stoughton Line	RIPTA (14, 65x, 66)	North Kingstown, RI	10	235	Link
Endicott		Franklin/​Foxboro Line	—	Dedham	2	256	Link
Dedham Corporate Center		Franklin/​Foxboro Line	—	Dedham	2	763	Link
Islington		Franklin/​Foxboro Line	—	Westwood	3	128	Link
Norwood Depot		Franklin/​Foxboro Line	—	Norwood	3	285	Link
Norwood Central		Franklin/​Foxboro Line	—	Norwood	3	1,041	Link
Windsor Gardens		Franklin/​Foxboro Line	—	Norwood	4	257	Link
Plimptonville		Franklin/​Foxboro Line	—	Walpole	4	12	Link
Walpole		Franklin/​Foxboro Line	–	Walpole	4	744	Link
Foxboro		Franklin/​Foxboro Line	—	Foxborough	4	–	Link
Norfolk		Franklin/​Foxboro Line	GATRA (Medway T shuttle)	Norfolk	5	875	Link
Franklin/Dean College		Franklin/​Foxboro Line	–	Franklin	6	633	Link
Forge Park/495		Franklin/​Foxboro Line	–	Franklin	6	683	Link
Roslindale Village		Needham Line	MBTA bus (14, 30, 34, 34E, 35, 36, 37, 40, 50, 51)	Boston/Roslindale	1	479	Link
Bellevue		Needham Line	MBTA bus (35, 36, 37, 38)	Boston/West Roxbury	1	340	Link
Highland		Needham Line	MBTA bus (35, 36, 37)	Boston/West Roxbury	1	394	Link
West Roxbury		Needham Line	MBTA bus (35, 36, 37)	Boston/West Roxbury	1	444	Link
Hersey		Needham Line	—	Needham	2	525	Link
Needham Junction		Needham Line	MBTA bus (59)	Needham	2	366	Link
Needham Center		Needham Line	MBTA bus (59)	Needham	2	224	Link
Needham Heights		Needham Line	MBTA bus (59)	Needham	2	329	Link
Lansdowne		Framingham/​Worcester Line	MBTA bus (8, 19, 60, 65) At Kenmore:   Green Line (B, C, D)   MBTA bus (8, 19, 57, 60, 65)	Boston/Fenway-Kenmore	1A	1,195	Link
Boston Landing		Framingham/​Worcester Line	MBTA bus (64)	Boston / Allston-Brighton	1A	600	Link
Newtonville		Framingham/​Worcester Line	MBTA bus (59, 553, 554, 556)	Newton	1	476	Link
West Newton		Framingham/​Worcester Line	MBTA bus (553, 554)	Newton	2	256	Link
Auburndale		Framingham/​Worcester Line	–	Newton	2	248	Link
Wellesley Farms		Framingham/​Worcester Line	—	Wellesley	3	298	Link
Wellesley Hills		Framingham/​Worcester Line	—	Wellesley	3	336	Link
Wellesley Square		Framingham/​Worcester Line	—	Wellesley	3	626	Link
Natick Center		Framingham/​Worcester Line	MWRTA (10, 11, Natick Commuter Shuttle, MathWorks Express Shuttle)	Natick	4	736	Link
West Natick		Framingham/​Worcester Line	MWRTA (11)	Natick	4	944	Link
Framingham		Framingham/​Worcester Line	Amtrak: Lake Shore Limited MWRTA (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, Framingham Commuter Shuttle) Greyhound	Framingham	5	1,130	Link
Ashland		Framingham/​Worcester Line	MWRTA (5)	Ashland	6	931	Link
Southborough		Framingham/​Worcester Line	Marlborough Commuter Shuttle	Southborough	6	525	Link
Westborough		Framingham/​Worcester Line	–	Westborough	7	754	Link
Grafton		Framingham/​Worcester Line	WRTA (B)	Grafton	8	528	Link
Worcester		Framingham/​Worcester Line	Amtrak: Lake Shore Limited WRTA (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 33, 42) PVTA (B79) Greyhound, Peter Pan	Worcester	8	1,298	Link
North Station		Fitchburg Line   Haverhill Line   Lowell Line   Newburyport/​Rockport Line	Green Line   Orange Line Amtrak: Downeaster   MBTA bus (4) EZRide	Boston/Downtown	1A	18,427	Link
Porter		Fitchburg Line	Red Line   MBTA bus (77, 83, 96)	Cambridge	1A	1,468	Link
Belmont Center		Fitchburg Line	MBTA bus (74, 75)	Belmont	1	159	Link
Waverley		Fitchburg Line	MBTA bus (73, 554)	Belmont	1	115	Link
Waltham		Fitchburg Line	MBTA bus (61, 70, 553, 554, 556, 558) 128BC Waltham route B	Waltham	2	521	Link
Brandeis/Roberts		Fitchburg Line	MBTA bus (553)	Waltham	2	369	Link
Kendal Green		Fitchburg Line	—	Weston	3	114	Link
Hastings		Fitchburg Line	—	Weston	3	18	Link
Silver Hill		Fitchburg Line	—	Weston	3	11	Link
Lincoln		Fitchburg Line	—	Lincoln	4	288	Link
Concord		Fitchburg Line	—	Concord	5	367	Link
West Concord		Fitchburg Line	—	Concord	5	359	Link
South Acton		Fitchburg Line	Maynard Commuter Shuttle, Cross Acton Transit	Acton	6	991	Link
Littleton/Route 495		Fitchburg Line	–	Littleton	7	490	Link
Ayer		Fitchburg Line	–	Ayer	8	276	Link
Shirley		Fitchburg Line	–	Shirley	8	155	Link
North Leominster		Fitchburg Line	MART (Intercity/MWCC, 1, 2, 3, 8, 9)	Leominster	8	239	Link
Fitchburg		Fitchburg Line	MART (Wachusett Shuttle, Intercity/MWCC, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11)	Fitchburg	8	287	Link
Wachusett		Fitchburg Line	MART (Wachusett Shuttle) Wachusett Mountain shuttle (winter)	Fitchburg	8	132	Link
West Medford		Lowell Line	MBTA bus (94, 95)	Medford	1A	628	Link
Wedgemere		Lowell Line	—	Winchester	1	310	Link
Winchester Center		Lowell Line	MBTA bus (134)	Winchester	1	456	Link
Mishawum		Lowell Line	—	Woburn	2	32	Link
Anderson/​Woburn		Lowell Line	Amtrak: Downeaster Logan Express	Woburn	2	1,296	Link
Wilmington		Lowell Line	LRTA (12)	Wilmington	3	584	Link
North Billerica		Lowell Line	LRTA (3, 13)	North Billerica	5	922	Link
Lowell		Lowell Line	LRTA (1, 2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20) MVRTA (24)	Lowell	6	1,522	Link
Malden Center		Haverhill Line	Orange Line   MBTA bus (97, 99, 101, 104, 105, 106, 108, 131, 132, 137, 411, 430)	Malden	1A	147	Link
Oak Grove		Haverhill Line	Orange Line   MBTA bus (131, 132, 137)	Malden	1A	–	Link
Wyoming Hill		Haverhill Line	MBTA bus (131, 132, 137)	Melrose	1	138	Link
Melrose/Cedar Park		Haverhill Line	—	Melrose	1	99	Link
Melrose Highlands		Haverhill Line	MBTA bus (131)	Melrose	1	306	Link
Greenwood		Haverhill Line	MBTA bus (137)	Wakefield	2	92	Link
Wakefield		Haverhill Line	MBTA bus (137)	Wakefield	2	483	Link
Reading		Haverhill Line	MBTA bus (137)	Reading	2	855	Link
North Wilmington		Haverhill Line	—	Wilmington	3	58	Link
Ballardvale		Haverhill Line	—	Andover	4	200	Link
Andover		Haverhill Line	MVRTA (2, 21)	Andover	5	409	Link
Lawrence		Haverhill Line	MVRTA (3, 9)	Lawrence	6	482	Link
Bradford		Haverhill Line	–	Bradford	7	170	Link
Haverhill		Haverhill Line	Amtrak: Downeaster MVRTA (1, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)	Haverhill	7	290	Link
Chelsea		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	Silver Line (SL3)   MBTA bus (112, 114)	Chelsea	1A	–	Link
River Works		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	—	Lynn	1A	27	Link
Lynn		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	MBTA bus (426, 426W, 429, 435, 436, 439, 441, 442, 455, 456)	Lynn	1A	549	Link
Swampscott		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	–	Swampscott	3	891	Link
Salem		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	MBTA bus (435, 450, 450W, 451, 455, 456)	Salem	3	2,326	Link
Beverly		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	CATA (City of Beverly shuttle, Beverly Commuter)	Beverly	4	1,382	Link
North Beverly		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	MBTA bus (451)	Beverly	5	202	Link
Hamilton/Wenham		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	—	Hamilton	5	262	Link
Ipswich		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	CATA (Ipswich/Essex Explorer (summer))	Ipswich	6	407	Link
Rowley		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	—	Rowley	7	113	Link
Newburyport		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	MVRTA (19, 20)	Newburyport	8	463	Link
Montserrat		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	CATA (City of Beverly Shuttle, Beverly Commuter)	Beverly	4	254	Link
Prides Crossing		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	—	Beverly	5	15	Link
Beverly Farms		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	—	Beverly	5	107	Link
Manchester		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	—	Manchester-by-the-Sea	6	198	Link
West Gloucester		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	CATA (West Gloucester)	Gloucester	7	37	Link
Gloucester		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	CATA (Beverly Commuter, Lanesville, Saturday Mall, Gloucester Crossing/Business Express, Stage Fort Park Shuttle (summer))	Gloucester	7	296	Link
Rockport		Newburyport/​Rockport Line	CATA (Beverly Commuter, Lanesville, Rockport Shuttle (summer only))	Rockport	8	165	Link

• 
  South Station is the busiest MBTA Commuter Rail station and the terminal for the eight southside lines.
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  North Station is the second-busiest station and the terminal for the four northside lines.
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  Route 128 station, on the busy Northeast Corridor, is used by Providence/Stoughton Line trains (shown) as well as Amtrak trains.
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  Campello station, a typical accessible station with a full-length high-level platform
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  Accessible mini-high platforms at Mansfield station
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  Islington station, a typical non-accessible station with low-level platforms
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  Stoughton station is one of a number of stations on the system with preserved historic depot buildings.
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  River Works station, the only non-public station on the system, is for use only by employees of a General Electric plant.

Future stations

Under construction

Six stations are under construction as part of the South Coast Rail project.

Planned

Five additional stations are planned, but not funded, as part of the second phase of the South Coast Rail project. West Station is planned as part of the redevelopment of the former Beacon Park Yard, while South Salem is municipally planned.

Former stations

Stations closed without MBTA subsidy

The MBTA was formed in August 1964 to subsidize suburban commuter rail services. Subsidies for Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M) lines north of Boston began in 1965; subsidies for New York Central Railroad and New Haven Railroad lines west and south of Boston began later.^[10] If a railroad was given ICC permission to discontinue a service, the MBTA would subsidize operation within its funding district (within about 15–25 miles [24–40 km] of Boston), while municipalities outside the district could contract with the MBTA to fund continued service.

A number of out-of-district stations (and several in-district stations) were closed in January 1965; most reopened that June, or over the next decades. However, several minor stations were never reopened. In June 1967, the B&M discontinued never-subsidized Boston–Dover and Boston–Concord round trips - the last remains of B&M interstate service.^[10] Several out-of-district stations were also closed in April 1966 when the MBTA began subsidizing several New Haven Railroad lines.^[10]

This listing includes only stations closed when MBTA or local subsidies began, or on services that were never subsidized. Stations that later reopened are not listed.

Stations dropped after the start of MBTA subsidies

The following stations had MBTA-subsidized service at one point, but are no longer served by the MBTA. Most were closed between 1967 and 1981, as four limited-service lines and a number of low-ridership stations were dropped. Three additional low-ridership stations were dropped in the 1980s and 1990s.^[10]

Relocated stations

Most stations reconstructed (or closed and reopened) during the MBTA era have been rebuilt on or adjacent to the site of the old station. However, several stations have been substantially relocated.