The station opened in June 1918 as the southern terminus of the Cambridge–Dorchester line, and quickly replaced
Broadway as the primary streetcar transfer point for South Boston. A multiple track streetcar station was built on the surface, with direct connections from the rapid transit platforms. Andrew was the terminus of the line until November 1927, when
Columbia,
Savin Hill, and
Fields Corner stations opened on the Ashmont branch. The fare mezzanines and staircases were reconfigured over the years as streetcars were replaced by trackless trolleys and later buses. Streetcars and trackless trolleys entered the surface station from Dorchester Avenue, but after
bustitution in 1962 the traffic direction was reversed. From its opening of the South Shore line on September 1, 1971, until the second platform at opened on December 14, 1988, Andrew was the southernmost transfer point between the Ashmont and South Shore (Braintree) branches of the Red Line. The boxes are to be opened in 2068, 75 years after their installation. The restored original wood frame toll taker's booth from the 1920s is installed as a permanent display in the inbound-outbound crossover lobby. ==References==