Broadway (MBTA station)

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Broadway
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Boston subway station
Broadway
Red Line platform
Basic data
District South Boston
Opened December 15, 1917
Tracks (platform) 2 ( central platform )
Coordinates 42 ° 20 '34 "  N , 71 ° 3' 26"  W Coordinates: 42 ° 20 '34 "  N , 71 ° 3' 26"  W
use
Line (s) _ Red Line
Passengers 4,200 per day

Broadway is the name of a subway station owned by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in the Boston borough of South Boston in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . It provides access to the line Red Line .

history

Broadway station opened on December 15, 1917. The underground station originally had three levels, which were connected by stairs and thus allowed a quick change between tram and underground. The upper two levels (street level and the upper tunnel) were reserved for trams, while the subway operated on the lowest level. Each of the three levels had two tracks and a central platform. The tram lines that stopped in the upper tunnel were replaced by buses in 1929, the tram lines that stopped above ground suffered the same fate in 1953. Since then, the structure has been a pure subway station.

In 2012, the MBTA began building an emergency training center in the station's old tram tunnel. The Department of Homeland Security provided $ 8.8 million in funding. The training equipment includes two Blue Line cars, one Green Line car and a bus. The first car of the Blue Line was lowered into the tunnel with a crane via the Foundry Street portal in September 2012 .

Railway systems

Track, signal and security systems

The underground station has two tracks that are accessible via a central platform .

building

The subway station is located at the intersection of Dorchester Avenue and the eponymous Broadway . It is completely barrier-free .

environment

There are connections to three MBTA bus lines at the station.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ridership and Service Statistics. ( PDF ; 6.2 MB) Thirteenth Edition 2010. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , 2010, accessed on March 16, 2013 .
  2. ^ Jonathan Belcher: Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2013. ( PDF ; 911 kB) January 1, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2013 (English).
  3. ↑ Gerry O'Regan: MBTA Red Line. 2005, accessed on March 16, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Melissa M. Werthmann: Subway car is added to MBTA underground training facility for emergency workers. In: The Boston Globe . September 17, 2012, accessed March 16, 2013 .

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