Kendall / MIT (MBTA station)
| Kendall / MIT | |
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 Red Line platform |
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| Basic data | |
| Opened | March 23, 1912 |
| Tracks (platform) | 2 (2 side platforms ) |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 21 '45 " N , 71 ° 5' 10" W |
| use | |
| Line (s) | _ Red Line |
| Passengers | 13,975 per day |
Kendall / MIT is the name of a metro station of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in Cambridge in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . It provides the eponymous Square Kendall access to line Red Line . In an easterly direction, the trains come to the surface directly behind the station in order to cross the Charles River on the Longfellow Bridge .
history
From the early 20th century until the 1970s, the MBTA operated a machine house on Kendall Square with a converter , each consisting of an AC motor, flywheel and DC generator . The AC motor was driven by the incoming AC voltage and the DC generator provided a DC voltage of 600 volts for the supply of the conductor rails . The flywheel was used to compensate for load fluctuations. With the advent of compact, semiconductor-based rectifiers, this large converter set became superfluous and was replaced by an office building after the demolition.
The Kendall / MIT station was opened together with the Park Street , Central and Harvard stations in March 1912.
Railway systems
Track, signal and security systems
The underground station has two tracks that are accessible via two side platforms . However, there is no mezzanine floor , so the platforms are not directly connected to each other - if you want to change the direction of travel at the station, you first have to leave it and then re-enter it immediately, which means, in addition to the longer route, the need to buy a ticket again.
building
The subway station is located in Kendall Square at the intersection of Main Street , Broadway and Third Street . It is completely barrier-free .
Inside the station building is the artwork Kendall Band installed by Paul Matisse between 1986 and 1988 . The work consists of the three interactive parts " Pythagoras ", " Kepler " and " Galileo ", which can be put into action by anyone interested using appropriate levers.
environment
There is a connection to four MBTA bus routes at the station, and there are also 58 parking spaces for bicycles. The Longfellow Bridge , the Charles River Bike Path along Memorial Drive and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are in the immediate vicinity .
Individual evidence
- ^ Ridership and Service Statistics. ( PDF ; 6.2 MB) Thirteenth Edition 2010. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , 2010, accessed March 5, 2013 .
- ^ Jonathan Belcher: Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2013. ( PDF ; 911 kB) January 1, 2013, accessed on March 5, 2013 (English).
- ^ Eric Moskowitz: Grace notes from the underground. MIT students restoring ingenious, outlandish Kendall T stop sound sculpture. In: The Boston Globe . May 9, 2010, accessed March 5, 2013 .
Web links
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Central towards Alewife |
Red Line |
Charles / MGH towards Ashmont / Braintree |
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