Warren Street station (MBTA)

Warren Street station is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line B branch, located on Commonwealth Avenue at Warren Street in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. The station is not accessible. It has two side platforms, located on the near sides of the Warren Street grade crossing, to serve the line's two tracks.

Warren Street
An outbound train passing the inbound platform in 2018
General information
Location	Commonwealth Avenue at Warren Street Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42.34837°N 71.14022°W / 42.34837; -71.14022
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
History
Opened	May 26, 1900 (1900-05-26)[1][2]
Rebuilt	1983
Passengers
2011	2,047 (weekday average)[3]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Washington Street toward Boston College Green Line B branch Allston Street toward Government Center
Location

History

Southbound travel lanes crossing the tracks at Warren Street

Streetcar service began when the section from Packards Corner to Chestnut Hill Avenue opened on May 26, 1900, connecting previously opened trackage to the east and west.^[1][2] The trackage was not in a center median (as were the earlier sections), but in a reservation between the southbound travel lane and southbound carriage lane. Between Warren Street and Wallingford Road to the southwest, the reservation was significantly wider than the tracks.^[4] In 1960, new southbound travel lanes were built along that section; southbound traffic now crosses the B branch tracks at Warren Street.

Until 1983, the inbound platform had only a curb to separate passengers from the southbound travel lanes.^[5] While the line was shut down for track replacement from July 30 to September 10, 1983, the station was rebuilt with a low wall on the inbound platform to separate passengers from traffic, as well as a small shelter.^[6]

Track work in 2018–19, which included replacement of platform edges at several stops (not including Warren Street), triggered requirements for accessibility modifications at those stops. Planning for modifications to five B Branch stops began in 2021.^[7] In 2024, Warren Street and the other remaining non-accessible B Branch stops were added to the project. The stops at Warren Street and nearby Allston Street are to be consolidated into a single station due to their proximity and the grade south of Warren Street, which is too steep for an accessible platform.^[8][9][10] As of February 2025^[update], the MBTA plans to advertise the $74 million design-build contract for bidding in May 2025.^[11] Construction is expected to take place from fall 2025 to mid-2027.^[9]