Plans for the Urban Ring Project called for a busway along the former Grand Junction Branch, but with a station further north at Griffin Way.

The station is located east of downtown Chelsea, just west of Eastern Avenue and north of Central Street.

Two accessible side platforms with concrete canopies flank the busway, with a landscaped island separating the bus lanes.

[5][4]: 337  Planning for some smaller corridors continued; the Chelsea–South Boston section was given high priority because Chelsea was densely populated yet underserved by transit.

[11] In March 2013, the MBTA began studying an extension of the Silver Line to Chelsea via a newly constructed bypass road in East Boston.

[13] On October 30, 2013, MassDOT announced $82.5 million in state funding for construction of a modified version of the first alternative, with service expected to begin in late 2015.