Editing MBTA Commuter Rail (section)

===Stations===
{{See also|List of MBTA Commuter Rail stations}}
[[File:Outbound train entering North Scituate MBTA station, North Scituate MA.jpg|thumb|right|A train at {{bts|North Scituate}} – a typical suburban station with a full-length high-level platform]]
{{As of|March 2025}}, there are [[List of MBTA Commuter Rail stations|142 active stations]] – 55 northside and 87 southside. One other station, {{bts|Haverhill}}, is temporarily closed due to reconstruction of an adjacent bridge. Five additional stations ({{bts|Prides Crossing}}, {{bts|Mishawum}}, {{bts|Hastings}}, {{bts|Plimptonville}}, and {{bts|Plymouth}}) are indefinitely closed due to service cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name=schedules /> Several other stations are planned. South Station, North Station, and Back Bay all have [[MBTA subway]] and Amtrak connections; nine other stations have subway connections, and six others have Amtrak connections.<ref name=schedules />

Stations range in size from small platforms like {{bts|North Wilmington}} to the sprawling downtown terminals. Most stations outside downtown Boston have one or two [[side platform]]s or a single [[island platform]].<ref name="trackchart">{{cite web |url=http://acm.jhu.edu/~sthurmovik/movies/MBCR+Maps+(2010).pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008000656/http://acm.jhu.edu/~sthurmovik/movies/MBCR+Maps+(2010).pdf |archive-date=October 8, 2013 |title=Massachusetts Bay Colony Railroad Track Charts |date=2010 |author=Held, Patrick R. |publisher=Johns Hopkins Association for Computing Machinery}}</ref> Standard MBTA platforms are about {{convert|800|feet}} long – enough for a nine-car train – and a minimum of {{convert|12|feet}} wide for side platforms and {{convert|22|feet}} wide for island platforms.<ref name=winchester15>{{cite web |url=https://www.winchester.us/DocumentCenter/View/1605/Winchester-Center-Station---15-Design-Report-PDF |page=13 |title=Winchester Center Station Renovation Project: 15% Preliminary Design Report |author=Jacobs |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |date=December 2015}}</ref><ref name=contextreview>{{cite book |url=https://www.mass.gov/doc/massdot-nsrl-context-review-part-1/download |chapter=Appendix 2 |title=Context Review Technical Memorandum |series=North South Rail Link Feasibility Reassessment |date=January 18, 2018 |publisher=Massachusetts Department of Transportation}}</ref> 119 active stations are [[accessible]], including all terminals and all stations with rapid transit connections; 23 are not.<ref name=schedules /> The MBTA uses {{convert|48|in|adj=on}}-high platforms for accessible level boarding, as is [[Railway platform height#United States|standard in the northeastern United States]].<ref name=winchester15 /><ref name=contextreview /> Some accessible stations have full-length high platforms for accessible boarding on all cars; others only have "mini-high" platforms about {{convert|40|feet}} long – which allow for level boarding on two cars – with the rest of the platform length not accessible.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://railroads.dot.gov/sites/fra.dot.gov/files/fra_net/18508/Study_Platform_Gaps.pdf |page=9 |title=Report to the House and Senate Authorizing Committees: Study of Methods to Improve or Correct Station Platform Gaps |date=October 2010 |publisher=Federal Transit Administration Office of Civil Rights}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mbta.com/accessibility/commuter-rail-guide |title=Commuter Rail Access Guide |access-date=November 4, 2022 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}}</ref>