Cedar Grove station is a light rail station on the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line (part of the

MBTA The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network in ...

Red Line) located in the southern part of the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The station, named for the adjacent Cedar Grove Cemetery, has two

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serving the line's two tracks. It is

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via wooden ramps on both platforms. The station agent died of

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in November 1908 after being bitten by a dog which had found its way into the station. Cedar Grove was closed on June 24, 2006, for a yearlong renovation of the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line. It was reopened on December 22, 2007.

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MBTA - Cedar Grove

Station from Google Maps Street View
Dorchester, Boston Red Line (MBTA) stations Railway stations in Boston Railway stations in the United States opened in 1929 1929 establishments in Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-railstation-stub