BostonUrbEx wrote:I was talking with a friend about the Yawkey proposal today and how ridiculous it sounded for a station only used for games, but then he told me it was also a part of a relocation of the D Line's Fenway Station so that it is closer to Fenway Park, plus an additional C Line Fenway stop. I cannot find any information at all on this at all, but he said he just heard it from someone last week so maybe it's a new additional proposal. I sure hope it's true, that would be quite awesome, just a walk across Brookline Ave and there you are.
Can anyone confirm this though?
So many problems with this post!
1) It is NOT a station only used for games. It was at first, but since...2005? It's been a regular commuter stop. Trains stop year round regardless of games. The new platforms will make it so more trains stop, as there is demand from the longwood and BU areas.
2) The plan is part of the buildings that will go in the parking lot and over the station. It's not an MBTA project, it's a private project that includes station renovation as part of the deal to win approval.
3) The C line could not possibly get another stop, nor could the D line. What is possible (but extremely unlikely) is an underground pedestrian walkway between Kenmore and Yawkey. It's been talked about as a cool project, but no money exists, and I doubt this project will include anything to help that.
What IS being done to the D line Fenway stop is the addition of a much nicer bike and pedestrian path along the tracks. That is a Boston, not MBTA project. It will make walking from Yawkey to Fenway station nicer.
You can read about there here
http://www.cityofboston.gov/transportation/flk/
It's not very well organized, 4 different projects are under the same banner, and terribly out of date.
The projects are:
-Brookline Ave one way (cancelled)
-Audobon circle pedestrian enhancements
-Boylston ave remake
-Bike/pedestrian path (relevant to MBTA discussion)