Arlington (MBTA station)

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Arlington
MBTA.svg
Boston subway station
Arlington
Restored station sign
on the Green Line platform
Basic data
Opened November 13, 1921
Newly designed May 31, 2009
Tracks (platform) 2 (2 side platforms )
Coordinates 42 ° 21 ′ 7 ″  N , 71 ° 4 ′ 15 ″  W Coordinates: 42 ° 21 ′ 7 ″  N , 71 ° 4 ′ 15 ″  W
use
Line (s) _ Green Line B
_ Green Line C
_ Green Line D
_ Green Line E
Passengers 8,378 per day

Arlington is the name of an underground light rail -Station the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in Boston in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . It offers access to branches B , C , D and E of the Green Line subway on the eponymous Arlington Street, southwest of the Boston Public Garden .

history

The station opened on November 13, 1921. Extensive renovations followed in 1967 and from 2006 to 2009. During the last work carried out, parts of the station were rebuilt so that, among other things, complete accessibility was achieved.

Railway systems

Track, signal and security systems

The underground station has two tracks that are accessible via two side platforms .

building

The metro station is located at the address 20 Arlington Street in Boston's center, facing the Boston Public Garden and is completely barrier-free accessible.

environment

There is a connection to an MBTA bus line at the station. In the immediate vicinity are the districts of Back Bay and Bay Village as well as the Boston Public Garden and Boylston Street .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ridership and Service Statistics. ( PDF ; 6.2 MB) Thirteenth Edition 2010. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , 2010, accessed April 14, 2013 .
  2. ^ Jonathan Belcher: Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2013. ( PDF ; 911 kB) January 1, 2013, accessed on April 14, 2013 (English).
  3. ^ Noah Bierman: Arlington T station reopens with disabled access. Project spurred by lawsuit. In: The Boston Globe . June 2, 2009, accessed April 14, 2013 (English, paid article).

Web links

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