MBTA dedicates new South Acton Station

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) joined the federal, state and local public officials and neighbors in South Acton, Mass., on January 30, to celebrate the recent opening of the New South Acton Commuter Rail Station.

 

“The MBTA’s opening of the new South Acton Commuter Rail Station, a project years in the making, is an important improvement in service for commuters and an important step in economic development for the region,” said Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-MA-3), who commended all the stakeholders who helped make the project possible. “As many residents have expressed, this station is an integral part of the transportation artery that links people from this region to jobs, commerce and recreation along the northern-Massachusetts corridor and in the city of Boston. The new station is also a result of partnership between local, state and federal government, funded in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, legislation I supported that made greatly needed investments in our national infrastructure.”

The new South Acton Station includes new full-train length, accessible high-level platforms, new enclosed overhead walkways over the tracks, elevators, a second passenger drop-off area on Maple Street, new canopies, passenger shelters, benches, windscreens, signage, train approach warning system, variable message signs and platform lighting. The station will be equipped with closed circuit television video surveillance cameras and police emergency call boxes.

South Acton is the most heavily patronized station on the Fitchburg Line. The design and construction of the new station has been closely coordinated with the town of Acton through the town’s South Acton Train Station Advisory Committee.

 

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