Downtown Crossing (MBTA station)
| Downtown Crossing | |
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 Red Line platform |
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| Basic data | |
| District | Downtown Crossing |
| Opened | November 30, 1908 |
| Tracks (platform) | 4 ( side platforms ) |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 21 '20 " N , 71 ° 3' 38" W |
| use | |
| Line (s) |
_ Orange line _ Red Line |
| Switching options |
_ Green Line (via pedestrian tunnel to Park Street Station ) _ Silver Line |
| Passengers | 22,880 per day |
Downtown Crossing is the name of a subway station of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in Boston in the state of Massachusetts in the United States, designed on two levels as a tower train station . It provides access to the Orange Line and Red Line underground lines and the Silver Line bus line . The station is the main transfer point between the two subway lines and was named after the Downtown Crossing district, which is located directly above the subway station.
history
On November 30, 1908, the Downtown Crossing station was opened as part of the Washington Street Tunnel (today's Orange Line ). The platform in the northern direction of travel was called Summer and the one in the southern direction of travel was called Winter , so that the station itself was called Summer / Winter . In 1915 the second level with the connection to the Red Line was added and the subway station on this line was named Washington . To simplify timetables and avoid confusion, the entire station was renamed Washington in 1967 and finally Downtown Crossing on May 4, 1987 .
Railway systems
Track, signal and security systems
The underground station has a total of four side platforms and four tracks, two of which are on each of the two levels.
building
The metro station is located at the intersection of Summer and Washington and is completely barrier-free accessible.
environment
At the station there is a connection to 15 bus lines as well as to Silver Line 5 of the MBTA. The Boston Common is in the immediate vicinity .
Individual evidence
- ^ Ridership and Service Statistics. ( PDF ; 6.2 MB) Thirteenth Edition 2010. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , 2010, accessed January 11, 2013 .
- ^ Jonathan Belcher: Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2013. ( PDF ; 911 kB) January 1, 2013, accessed on January 11, 2013 (English).
Web links
| Previous station | MBTA | Next station | ||
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Chinatown towards Forest Hills |
Orange line |
State towards Oak Grove |
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Park Street towards Alewife |
Red Line |
Boston South Station towards Ashmont / Braintree |
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Boylston towards Dudley Square |
Silver Line SL 5 |
final destination | ||
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Chinatown one way only |
Silver Line SL 5 |
final destination | ||