Editing Red Line (MBTA) (section)

===Station renovations===
[[File:Wollaston station construction from Beale Street, August 2018.JPG|thumb|left|Reconstruction of {{bts|Wollaston}} in 2018]]
A 1979 renovation of {{bts|Park Street}} added two elevators, making it the first [[accessible]] station on the Red Line.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/annualreportmas1979mass_0 |title=1979 Annual Report |year=1979 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |page=[https://archive.org/details/annualreportmas1979mass_0/page/27 27] |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> In the early 1980s, the MBTA began extending platforms for six-car trains: {{bts|Ashmont}} and {{bts|Shawmut}} in 1981, {{bts|Charles/MGH}} in 1982, and {{bts|Fields Corner}} and {{bts|Savin Hill}} in the mid-1980s.<ref name=netransit /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/fmcb-meeting-docs/2019/04-april/2019-04-29-fmcb-P-longfellow-contract.pdf |title=MBTA Contract No. B43PS02: Longfellow Approach Architecture and Engineering Services |date=April 29, 2019 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}}</ref> (The Northwest and South Shore extensions had been built for longer trains, while {{bts|JFK/UMass}} had been modified in 1970.)<ref name=netransit /> In the mid-1980s, the MBTA spent $80 million to extend the platforms of seven underground Red Line stations ({{bts|Central}}, {{bts|Kendall/MIT}}, Park Street, [[Downtown Crossing station|Washington]], {{bts|South Station Under}}, {{bts|Broadway}}, and {{bts|Andrew}}) and three Orange Line stations.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/annualreportmas1985mass_0 |title=1985 Annual Report |year=1985 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |page=[https://archive.org/details/annualreportmas1985mass_0/page/13 13] |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Six-car trains entered service on January 21, 1988.<ref name=netransit />

Central, Kendall/MIT, Park Street, and Downtown Crossing (renamed from Washington in 1987) were completed in 1988.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/annualreportmas1987mass_0 |title=1985 Annual Report |year=1987 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |page=[https://archive.org/details/annualreportmas1987mass_0/page/19 19] |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> A major reconstruction of JFK/UMass added a platform for the Braintree branch, which opened on December 14, 1988.<ref name=chronicle /><ref name=netransit /> Renovations to Broadway were completed in October 1989.<ref name=chronicle/> {{bts|Quincy Adams}} and {{bts|Braintree}} were accessible by 1989, if not from their original construction.<ref name=2007doc>{{cite web |url=https://old.mbta.com/uploadedFiles/Accessibility/final%20report%20082407%20on%20CD.pdf |title=Evaluation of MBTA Paratransit and Accessible Fixed Route Transit Services: Final Report |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |author=Tran Systems and Planners Collaborative |date=August 24, 2007}}</ref><ref name=bluebook1990>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/ridershipservice990mass |edition=3 |title=Ridership and Service Statistics |date=November 1990 |pages=1–4 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |author=Operations Directorate Planning Division |via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref name="netransit" /> South Station was completed around 1992, followed by Andrew in 1994.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/mbtaaccessguidet00mass#page/14/mode/2up |title=MBTA : ACCESS; The Guide to Accessible Services and Facilities |page=15 |date=June 1992 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref name=2007doc /><ref name=netransit />

The 1990 passage of the [[Americans with Disabilities Act]] spurred the renovation of additional stations. {{bts|Quincy Center}} was modified in 1991, followed by {{bts|North Quincy}} in 1998.<ref name=2007doc /><ref name=chronicle /> Charles/MGH was rebuilt from 2003 to 2007.<ref name=mbtaproject>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406022956/http://www.mbta.com/about_the_mbta/t_projects/?id=982 |archive-date=April 6, 2008 |title=Charles MGH Renovation |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |url=http://www.mbta.com/about_the_mbta/t_projects/?id=982}}</ref><ref name=opens>{{cite press release |url=https://www.mbta.com/news/2007-03-27/new-charlesmgh-station-opens |title=New Charles/MGH Station Opens |date=March 27, 2007 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}}</ref> The agency began design for the four Ashmont branch stations in 2001.<ref name=audit>{{cite report |title=Official Audit Report – Issued June 16, 2014: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, For the period January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2012 |date=June 16, 2014 |url=https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2016/08/ww/201305833a.pdf |publisher=Auditor of the Commonwealth}}</ref>{{rp|33}} Savin Hill was closed from May 2004 to July 31, 2005 for reconstruction.<ref name=netransit /> It was followed by the completion of the rebuilt Fields Corner station in 2008, the modified Shawmut in 2009, and the rebuilt Ashmont in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog.mass.gov/transportation/mbta/governor-patrick-celebrates-ashmont-station-completion/ |title=Governor Patrick Celebrates Ashmont Station Completion |date=October 21, 2011 |publisher=Massachusetts Department of Transportation |access-date=October 19, 2015 |archive-date=October 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025022129/http://blog.mass.gov/transportation/mbta/governor-patrick-celebrates-ashmont-station-completion/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://mbta.com/news/2008-09-23/governor-patrick-mayor-menino-celebrate-completion-fields-corner-station |title=Governor Patrick, Mayor Menino Celebrate Completion of Fields Corner Station |date=September 23, 2008 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority}}</ref> The final Red Line station to be modified for accessibility was {{bts|Wollaston}}, which was closed from January 2018 to August 2019 for a complete reconstruction.<ref name=netransit />
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