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BABCOCK STREET
Babcock Street MBTA station, Boston MA.jpg
An outbound train at Babcock Street in May 2011
Location Commonwealth Avenue at Babcock Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°21′06″N 71°07′18″W / 42.35169°N 71.121547°W / 42.35169; -71.121547Coordinates: 42°21′06″N 71°07′18″W / 42.35169°N 71.121547°W / 42.35169; -71.121547
Owned by MBTA
Line(s)      Green Line- "B" Branch
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 1,387 (weekday average boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
Packards Corner
toward Boston College
 Green Line
"B" Branch
Pleasant Street
toward Government Center
    Former service    
Packards Corner
toward 
 Green Line
"A" Branch
discontinued 1969
Pleasant Street
toward 

Babcock Street is a station on the MBTA Green Line "B" Branch located in Boston, Massachusetts. The station is located on Commonwealth Avenue at Babcock Street. Babcock Street consists of two side platforms which serve the "B" Branch's two tracks. Babcock street is 24 minutes away from Park Street.

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  • Retaining wall at future Pleasant Street station, July 2019

    Early construction of the replacement station in July 2019

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