JFK / UMass (MBTA station)
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JFK / UMass Columbia |
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 Red Line platform |
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| Basic data | |
| District | Dorchester |
| Opened | November 5, 1927 |
| Newly designed | December 14, 1988 |
| Tracks (platform) | 5 (1 side platform , 2 central platforms ) |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 19 '14 " N , 71 ° 3' 9" W |
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| Line (s) |
_ Red Line _ MBTA Commuter Rail _ CapeFLYER |
| Passengers | 7,834 per day (Red Line) |
JFK / UMass is the name of a subway station owned by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in the Boston borough of Dorchester in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . It provides access to the line Red Line to the local trains of the MBTA Commuter Rail and capeflyer . The name of the subway station goes back to the nearby John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (JFK) and the neighboring University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass). There are shuttle buses to both destinations .
history
In 1845, the Old Colony Railroad opened between Boston and Plymouth . In 1926, the legal successor New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad closed its Shawmut branch and sold it to the Boston Elevated Railway , an early predecessor of today's MBTA. This opened today's JFK / UMass station under the name Columbia together with the Savin Hill and Fields Corner stations on November 5, 1927. On December 1, 1982, the subway station was renamed JFK / UMass . However, many signs still have the former name Columbia as a subtitle. On December 14, 1988, a $ 13.5 million new platform was opened for the Braintree branch of the Red Line , which had not stopped at the station before. In September 1997, the Middleborough / Lakeville and Plymouth / Kingston lines were put back into service, but the corresponding platform in the underground station was not released until April 30, 2001.
Railway systems
Track, signal and security systems
The underground station has five tracks. Four of these are available to the Red Line and are accessible via two central platforms , the last track shared by the CapeFLYER and the Commuter Rail trains is connected via a side platform . Since the two branches of the Red Line merge into a single track immediately north of the station, a corresponding light signal on the platform indicates on which side the next train will stop. The Ashmont branch tracks are on the west side of the subway station, the Braintree branch tracks in the middle, and the Commuter Rail train tracks are on the east side.
building
The metro station is located at the address 599 Old Colony Ave . It is completely barrier-free .
environment
There are connections to four MBTA bus lines at the station, and there are also 18 bicycle parking spaces available. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum , the University of Massachusetts Boston , the Massachusetts Archives , Boston College High School and the headquarters of the Boston Globe are in the immediate vicinity .
Individual evidence
- ^ Ridership and Service Statistics. ( PDF ; 6.2 MB) Thirteenth Edition 2010. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , 2010, accessed on March 18, 2013 .
- ^ Jonathan Belcher: Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2013. ( PDF ; 911 kB) January 1, 2013, accessed on March 18, 2013 (English).
Web links
| Previous station | MBTA | Next station | ||
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Andrew towards Alewife |
Red Line Ashmont branch |
Savin Hill towards Ashmont |
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Andrew towards Alewife |
Red Line Braintree branch |
North Quincy towards Braintree |
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Boston South Station terminus |
CapeFLYER |
Quincy Center towards Hyannis |
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Boston South Station terminus |
MBTA Commuter Rail Greenbush Line |
Quincy Center towards Greenbush |
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Boston South Station terminus |
MBTA Commuter Rail Middleborough / Lakeville Line |
Quincy Center towards Middleborough / Lakeville |
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Boston South Station terminus |
MBTA Commuter Rail Plymouth / Kingston Line |
Quincy Center towards Plymouth / Kingston |
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