Braintree (MBTA station)

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Braintree
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Braintree underground station
Braintree
Red Line platform
Basic data
Opened March 22, 1980
Tracks (platform) 4 (2 central platforms )
Coordinates 42 ° 12 ′ 31 ″  N , 71 ° 0 ′ 3 ″  W Coordinates: 42 ° 12 ′ 31 ″  N , 71 ° 0 ′ 3 ″  W
use
Line (s) _ Red Line
_ Middleborough / Lakeville Line
_ Plymouth / Kingston Line
_ CapeFLYER
Passengers 4,387 per day (Red Line)

Braintree is the name of a subway station owned by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in the eponymous town of Braintree in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . It provides access to the Red Line subway line and to the MBTA Commuter Rail commuter trains . The station is the southern terminus of the Red Line and a through station for the Commuter Rail lines of the Old Colony Lines .

history

The station opened on March 22, 1980 for the Red Line . Since the reopening of the Old Colony Lines on September 26, 1997, the station has also been used by trains on these lines.

Railway systems

Track, signal and security systems

The underground station has a total of four tracks, two of which are available for the Red Line and two for the Commuter Rail trains. They are each accessible via central platforms .

building

The metro station is located at the address 197 Ivory Street and is completely barrier-free accessible.

environment

There is a connection to two MBTA bus lines at the station. There are also 1,281 park and ride parking spaces available for a fee.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ridership and Service Statistics. ( PDF ; 6.2 MB) Thirteenth Edition 2010. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , 2010, accessed February 13, 2013 .
  2. ^ Jonathan Belcher: Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2013. ( PDF ; 911 kB) January 1, 2013, accessed on February 13, 2013 (English).

Web links

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Previous station MBTA Next station
Quincy Adams
towards Alewife
Red Line
Braintree branch
final destination
Quincy Center
towards Boston South Station
CapeFLYER Holbrook / Randolph
towards Hyannis
Quincy Center
towards Boston South Station
MBTA Commuter Rail
Middleborough / Lakeville Line
Holbrook / Randolph
towards Middleborough / Lakeville
Quincy Center
towards Boston South Station
MBTA Commuter Rail
Plymouth / Kingston Line
South Weymouth
towards Kingston / Plymouth