Boylston (MBTA station)
| Boylston | |
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 The Green Line platform |
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| Basic data | |
| Opened | September 3, 1897 |
| Tracks (platform) | 4, of which 2 are used (2 central platforms ) |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 21 '8 " N , 71 ° 3' 53" W |
| use | |
| Line (s) |
_ Green Line B _ Green Line C _ Green Line D _ Green Line E |
| Switching options | _ Silver Line |
| Passengers | 7,618 per day |
Boylston 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 . Located at the intersection of Boylston Street and Tremont Street, just off Boston Common, it provides access to branches B , C , D and E of the Green Line subway system and line 5 of the Silver Line bus system . In the more than 100 years of its operation, the exterior of the station has hardly changed.
history
The station was one of the first two stops on the Tremont Street subway , along with Park Street station, and the first subway station in the entire United States at the time it opened. Since the station has hardly been changed structurally, it still looks very similar to the way it looked when it opened more than 100 years ago.
The station was previously connected to the surface via a portal on Pleasant Street . When the tram lines running there were replaced by buses in the 1960s , the portal was closed and today's Eliot Norton Park was built there. The tracks leading to the former portal still exist today, but are no longer used.
Railway systems
Track, signal and security systems
The underground station has four tracks, but only two of them are in operation. They are structurally accessible via two central platforms , which, however , are used as side platforms in practice .
building
The subway station is located at the intersection of Boylston Street and Tremont Street on Boston Common and is not wheelchair accessible.
Every now and then, historic MBTA PCC cars that were used on the line at the beginning of the 20th century are exhibited on an unused track section of the station .
Special incidents and accidents
A gas explosion occurred before the station opened . It was found that natural gas had accumulated between the ceiling of the station's tunnel and the road and was ignited by the spark from an overhead horse - drawn cart . The incident left six dead and at least 60 injured. Since the force of the explosion was mostly upwards, there was no significant damage to the station itself.
On June 6, 1906, there was an explosion in the station. A short circuit in the overhead contact line system was identified as the cause. Firefighters who tried to extinguish the fire with water were electrocuted . The fire finally went out on its own - with a total of three injured, the fire was relatively harmless.
On November 15, 2008, two Green Line trains collided at the station . There was only minor personal injury and no visible property damage.
On November 29, 2012, two trains collided again at low speed in the station. Several dozen passengers were injured. The cause of the accident was human error - the driver of one of the trains had apparently fallen asleep because he suffered from lack of sleep due to a second job.
environment
At the station there is a possibility to change to the Rapid Transit buses of the Silver Line 5 , but no connection to other bus lines of the MBTA. The Back Bay and Chinatown districts as well as Boston Common and Emerson College are in the immediate vicinity .
Individual evidence
- ^ Ridership and Service Statistics. ( PDF ; 6.2 MB) Thirteenth Edition 2010. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , 2010, accessed April 8, 2013 .
- ↑ Boston's Subway Finished. ( PDF ) In: The New York Times . August 15, 1897, accessed April 8, 2013 .
- ^ Noah Bierman: Transit archeology. Tour of abandoned subway network offers a glimpse of how the T was built. In: The Boston Globe . December 26, 2009, accessed April 8, 2013 .
- ^ Tremont Street Gas Explosion, 1897. CelebrateBoston.com, accessed April 8, 2013 .
- ↑ Boston Subway Explosion. ( PDF ) In: The New York Times . June 7, 1906, accessed April 8, 2013 .
- ^ Anne Baker, Andrew Ryan: Trolley crash snarls Green Line rush hour. In: The Boston Globe . November 15, 2008, accessed April 8, 2013 .
- ↑ Eric Moskowitz, Martin Finucane: MBTA fires trolley operator in Green Line crash at Boylston Station for being fatigued and 'inattentive'. In: The Boston Globe . December 5, 2012, accessed April 8, 2013 .
Web links
| Previous station | MBTA | Next station | ||
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Arlington towards Boston College |
Green Line Green Line B |
Park Street towards Government Center |
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Arlington towards Cleveland Circle |
Green Line Green Line C |
Park Street towards Boston North Station |
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Arlington towards Riverside |
Green Line Green Line D |
Hynes Convention Center towards Government Center |
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Arlington towards Heath Street |
Green Line Green Line E. |
Park Street towards Lechmere |
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Tufts Medical Center towards Dudley Square |
Silver Line SL 5 |
Downtown Crossing One way only |
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