Construction To Begin At Kenmore Square Station

The MBTA and its contractor Barletta Heavy Division will begin construction at Kenmore Station this month. The project consists of: new elevators and escalators, raised trolley platforms, expanded paid and unpaid lobby areas, new glass and steel bus canopy and a new emergency egress stairway. On Monday, March 21st, the contractor will begin installation of a temporary bus platform at a widened sidewalk on Beacon Street in the area of the Boston University/Barnes & Noble Bookstore. Parking spaces in front of the bookstore and adjacent businesses will be removed. After the busway relocation, the contractor will begin demolition of the existing station bus shelter in early April. Kenmore Station will remain open at all times during construction with access to the station from the new Hotel Commonwealth entrance on Commonwealth Avenue and from the kiosk entrance on the Beacon Street sidewalk. The center entrance to Kenmore Station located inside the busway will be closed for the duration of the station renovations. The MBTA thanks you for your patience while we make these necessary improvements. For questions/comments, please call 617-222-4901.