Boston University East station

Boston University East station is a surface-level light rail station on the MBTA Green Line B branch located in Boston, Massachusetts. The station is located in the center median of Commonwealth Avenue, between Granby Street and the eastern end of Cummington Street, surrounded by the Boston University campus. It consists of two side platforms, which serve the B branch's two tracks.

Boston University East
An inbound train at Boston University East station in July 2019
General information
Location	Commonwealth Avenue at Granby Street Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42.349569°N 71.103866°W / 42.349569; -71.103866
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA bus: 57
Construction
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1894 (1894)[1]
Rebuilt	March 18, 2002–November 18, 2003[2]
Previous names	Granby Street
Passengers
2011	1,747 (weekday average boardings)[3]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Boston University Central toward Boston College Green Line B branch Blandford Street toward Government Center
Former services Preceding station MBTA Following station St. Mary's Street toward Watertown Green Line A branch Discontinued 1969 Blandford Street toward Park Street
Location

History

A streetcar at the station in the 1940s

Owing to its location in front of Warren Towers dormitory and Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University East has the sixth-highest ridership of stations on the B branch.^[3] In the early 2000s, the MBTA modified key surface stops with raised platforms for accessibility. Construction at Boston University Central and Boston University East was part of a $32 million modification of thirteen B, C, and E branch stations.^[4] During construction, an interim station with temporary platforms between the two stops was used.^[5] Construction began on March 18, 2002, a week behind schedule due to delays in finishing up similar work at Harvard Avenue and Washington Street. The project was then expected to be completed within six months.^[5]

However, poor weather and limited work periods (as most work could only be done during the four hours at night that no trains used the line) delayed the completion date first to December 2002, then March 2003.^[6] The contractor informed the MBTA in early 2003 that they would be unable to complete the work; a new contractor was chosen in mid-2003, but work did not resume until September.^[7] The stations were completed and reopened on November 18, 2003.^[2]

In March 2024, the MBTA indicated that it was considering future consolidation of Blandford Street and Boston University East into a single station.^[8]