Blue Hill Avenue Station Along Commuter Rail Opens
BOSTON (CBS) -- The new Blue Hill Avenue station was open for commuters Monday. The station, which is along the Fairmount Line of the Commuter Rail, is a quarter mile from Mattapan Square.
It took over two years and nearly $17 million to build.
The MBTA said the project was completed on time and within the budget.
The nearly $17mil Blue Hill Ave commuter rail station is officially open to riders. As the 9th station on the Fairmount line, Its 800 ft platform serves as a cut-thru for residents accessing Blue Hill Ave & Cummins Hwy. its located a quarter of mile from Mattapan sq. @MBTA @wbz pic.twitter.com/pzXK5eoSvc
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"It's going to actually cut my commute by about 30 minutes," Candice Williamson told WBZ-TV at the station. "Normally, I ride on the Mattapan trolley and the Red Line so this is going to definitely cut my commute. I can walk here, I'm within walking distance, about half a mile."
View the Blue Hill Avenue station schedule here.