Fairmount station (MBTA)

[4] The Dorchester Branch (also known as the Midland Route) was reopened as a bypass in November 1979 during Southwest Corridor construction, including stops at Uphams Corner, Morton Street, and Fairmount.

[5] This station was originally built at minimal cost, with small low-level platforms and no direct access to Morton Street.

[7] The $7 million project, which was completed in 2004-05, added 1-car-length high platforms and ramps to the Fairmount Avenue overpass to make the station handicapped accessible.

Uphams Corner and Morton Street stations received full-length high level platforms in renovations that finished in 2007.

The MBTA wishes to eventually add high-level platforms at Fairmount to speed boarding, but there are no current plans to do so.

Early postcard of Fairmount station
These ramps and mini-high platforms were added in the 2005 renovation