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Mansfield Station Accessibility Improvements

A wide view of Mansfield station shortly after its accessibility upgrades were completed. The photo shows a long view of the outbound platform at left, with a train approaching. The track runs from the center to the lower right corner. The inbound platform is shown at right.

Heavily used Mansfield station on the Providence/Stoughton Line had significant barriers to accessibility. The Mansfield Station Accessibility Improvements project corrected these problems, improving accessibility, safety, and customer service at the station.

  • Contract awarded: February 2017
  • Project completion: August 2020
  • Budget: $11.3 million
  • Status: Completed

Building a Better T

As part of our $9.6 billion, 5-year capital investment plan, we're renovating stations, modernizing fare collection systems, upgrading services for our buses, subways, and ferries, and improving the accessibility of the entire system.

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Project Features

To bring Mansfield Station up to our accessibility standards, we completed the following repairs and enhancements:

  • Constructed new accessible paths connecting inbound and outbound platforms, including ramps and walkways with canopies and railings
  • Constructed new mini-high platforms with canopies and railings
  • Installed tactile warning edges on low-level and mini-high platforms
  • Installed new lighting, signage, wayfinding, and other station amenities
  • Reconstructed accessible parking spaces

The outbound mini-high platform opened April 27, 2020; the inbound mini-high platform opened on May 4, 2020. Repairs and resurfacing of the remaining portions of the platforms concluded on August 20, 2020.

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Photo Gallery

A rider can be seen walking down the platform toward the door to the train. At the doorway a few steps ahead of that rider is another rider who holds a white cane and is escorted by a conductor in a yellow vest who is providing assistance to the rider.

A rider boards the Commuter Rail train at Mansfield station assisted by a conductor (May 2022)

At left is the station parking lot on the other side of a chain-link fence. To its right is the front of the inbound train. To the train's right is the platform with a digital sign overhead that lists the following trains: 2:51 South Station DUE, 3:04 Wickford Junction 12 Minutes, and 3:44 South Station 52 Minutes, with the current time of 2:52 at bottom. Near that sign is an overhead street lamp next to a bench with a sign saying MANSFIELD - CHAUNCY ST next to it.

A Commuter Rail train stops at the inbound platform at Mansfield station (May 2022)

At left is the inbound train. Down the center is the platform with riders walking away from the viewer. At right is the platform with a digital sign overhead that lists the following trains: 2:51 South Station DUE, 3:04 Wickford Junction 12 Minutes, and 3:44 South Station 52 Minutes, with the current time of 2:52 at bottom. At right is an overhead street lamp next to a bench with a sign saying MANSFIELD - CHAUNCY ST. 

Further down the inbound platform at Mansfield station (May 2022)

At left is a four-lane roadway with cars driving in both directions. At right is a sidewalk alongside the roadway with a stairway leading up to Mansfield station's outbound platform. A large sign saying MANSFIELD OUTBOUND hangs over the stairway; a sign in small white letters on a black background with braille writing underneath says MANSFIELD – STAIRS TO OUTBOUND TRAINS is on the wall by to the sidewalk next to the stairway.

Stairway to outbound trains at Mansfield station (May 2022)

In the foreground are six steps up to the Mansfield station platform. Each step has a bright yellow stripe painted at its edge to improve visibility, and steel bannisters are on the walls that flank the steps. At the top of the steps is a large sign that says MANSFIELD BOSTON on a platform covered by a canopy under a bright blue sky.

Stairs leading up to the platform at Mansfield station (May 2022)

Building a Better T

As part of our $9.6 billion, 5-year capital investment plan, we're renovating stations, modernizing fare collection systems, upgrading services for our buses, subways, and ferries, and improving the accessibility of the entire system.

Learn more