Major renovations are coming down the tracks for the T, and riders could be impacted for almost two years. Transit officials said the Wollaston Station on the Red Line will be closed for 20 months to complete a renovation project at the station. Upgrades to the station include making it 100 percent accessible as well as brand new elevators, additional customer paths and security upgrades. Construction at the station is set to begin July and end June 2020. The station close this fall and remain closed until the summer of 2019.The 4,000 riders the station serves will instead have to utilize shuttle bus service that will be provided between Wollaston and North Quincy stations. Riders at a Tuesday meeting gave the new building design high marks, but predict a logistical disaster during the construction phase. “If I’m perfectly honest, it’s going to be inconvenient,” James Ikeda said. “I don’t like taking buses.” Other commuters point out over 7,000 riders a day pass through North Quincy station and worried it won’t be able to handle the Wollaston influx. “I feel really bad for the people trying to ride from North Quincy,” Ben Cook said. “They watch train after train that is full and doesn’t have room for them to get on. It’s already a problem.”

Major renovations are coming down the tracks for the T, and riders could be impacted for almost two years.

Transit officials said the Wollaston Station on the Red Line will be closed for 20 months to complete a renovation project at the station. Upgrades to the station include making it 100 percent accessible as well as brand new elevators, additional customer paths and security upgrades.


Construction at the station is set to begin July and end June 2020. The station close this fall and remain closed until the summer of 2019.

The 4,000 riders the station serves will instead have to utilize shuttle bus service that will be provided between Wollaston and North Quincy stations.

Riders at a Tuesday meeting gave the new building design high marks, but predict a logistical disaster during the construction phase.

“If I’m perfectly honest, it’s going to be inconvenient,” James Ikeda said. “I don’t like taking buses.”

Other commuters point out over 7,000 riders a day pass through North Quincy station and worried it won’t be able to handle the Wollaston influx.

“I feel really bad for the people trying to ride from North Quincy,” Ben Cook said. “They watch train after train that is full and doesn’t have room for them to get on. It’s already a problem.”