1987年5月4日，随着橙线地铁整体搬迁至西南走廊，建造了拉格斯站。1987年10月5日开通通勤铁路服务。<ref name="netransit">{{cite web |url=http://www.transithistory.org/roster/MBTARouteHistory.pdf |title=Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2015 |last=Belcher |first=Jonathan |date=27 June 2015 |format=PDF |publisher=NETransit |accessdate=18 December 2015 |archive-date=2016-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103174513/http://www.transithistory.org/roster/MBTARouteHistory.pdf |dead-url=yes }}</ref>设立拉格斯站，主要是为了服务于[[东北大学 (美国)|东北大学]]和[[长木医学区]]，并替代达德利广场站，成为新的公交换乘中心。<ref name=study>{{cite report |url=http://www.aestreit.com/FeasibilityStudies/2008_ruggles_station_platform_study.pdf |title=Ruggles Station Platform Study |pages=13-15 |date=September 11, 2008 |publisher=MASCO |author=Jacobs Edwards and Kelcey |access-date=2020-02-05 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082308/http://www.aestreit.com/FeasibilityStudies/2008_ruggles_station_platform_study.pdf |dead-url=no }}</ref>

===城市环提议===

拉格斯站在{城市环工程提议中被提及。<ref>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708181035/https://www.commentmgr.com/projects/1169/docs/URnews0105c.pdf |archivedate=8 July 2011 |url=https://www.commentmgr.com/projects/1169/docs/URnews0105c.pdf |title=Urban Ring Phase 2 FACT SHEET |date=January 2009|accessdate=18 March 2012}}</ref>该项目希望在波士顿建造环状[[巴士快速交通系統]](BRT)，将现有呈辐状的铁路线连接起来，减少市中心换乘站的换乘压力，该项目于2010年否决。<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/EEA/emepa/mepadocs/2010/012710em/pn/14.pdf |title=Re: Urban Ring Phase 2, EOEEA #12565 |date=January 22, 2010 |last=Mullan |first=Jeffery B. |publisher=Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs |accessdate=2020-02-05 |archive-date=2020-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323171512/http://eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/EEA/emepa/mepadocs/2010/012710em/pn/14.pdf |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514232004/http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/theurbanring/downloads/Plan_Profile_Drawings.pdf |archivedate=May 14, 2017 |url=http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/theurbanring/downloads/Plan_Profile_Drawings.pdf |title=The Urban Ring Phase 2: Revised Draft Environmental Impact Report/Statement |publisher=Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation |date=November 2008}}</ref>

===新增通勤铁路站台===

马萨诸塞湾交通局批准了数个沿着西南走廊的小型改造项目，其中拉格斯站为轨道2新增站台。目前，由于仅1号和3号轨道有站台，大概30%的列车不在此站停靠。1993年开始，马萨诸塞湾交通局开始考虑为车站新增站台。<ref name=study /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mbta.com/uploadedfiles/About_the_T/T_Projects/T_Projects_List/Ruggles_Legis_Brief_20120919.pdf |title=MBTA Ruggles Station Commuter Rail Platform Project: Legislative Briefing September 20, 2012 |date=20 September 2012 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |accessdate=16 September 2014 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220103629/http://www.mbta.com/uploadedfiles/About_the_T/T_Projects/T_Projects_List/Ruggles_Legis_Brief_20120919.pdf |dead-url=no }}</ref>2008年，调查研究显示最好在车站新增一个全尺寸800英尺长的站台。<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aestreit.com/FeasibilityStudies/2008_ruggles_station_platform_study.pdf |title=Ruggles Station Platform Study |publisher=MASCO Inc. |author=Jacobs Engineering |date=11 September 2008 |accessdate=2 February 2012 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082308/http://www.aestreit.com/FeasibilityStudies/2008_ruggles_station_platform_study.pdf |dead-url=no }}</ref>