Porter (MBTA station)
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 Red Line platform |
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| Basic data | |
| Opened | December 8, 1984 |
| Tracks (platform) | 4 (1 central platform , 2 side platforms ) |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 23 '18 " N , 71 ° 7' 9" W |
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| Line (s) | _ Red Line |
| Passengers | 8,552 per day (Red Line) |
Porter 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 offers the Square Porter access to line Red Line and MBTA Commuter Rail trains on the Fitchburg Line .
history
As early as the 1840s, there was a stop on the Fitchburg Line called Porter's Station at the site of today's underground station . The last station without a connection to the subway network was built in 1937 by the Boston and Maine Railroad . Another new building followed in 1984 to connect the Red Line .
Railway systems
Track, signal and security systems
The underground station has two tracks for both the Red Line and the Fitchburg Line trains . The commuter rail trains are accessible via a central platform , while the trains of the Red Line run on two different levels and the associated side platforms are therefore also not on the same level.
building
The metro station is located at the address Massachusetts Avenue at Somerville Avenue and is completely barrier-free accessible. With a depth of 105 ft (32 m ) the station is the deepest in the entire MBTA system. The building is laid out on a total of five levels at different depths.
environment
There is a connection to five MBTA bus routes at the station, and there are also 34 parking spaces for bicycles.
As part of the Arts on the Line program , six works of art were installed in and outside of the station, five of which still exist:
- The work "Gift of the Wind" by Susumu Shingu consists of a 46 ft (14 m) high sculpture, the red wings of which they align with the prevailing wind.
- 24 ft (7.3 m) high is a wave-shaped granite block called "Ondas" created by Carlos Dorrien , which appears to break through one of the station's outer walls and is visible from both the inside and the outside.
- A variety of bronze gloves of various shapes and sizes were distributed by Mags Harries with the title "Glove Cycle" in the station.
- A work of art with no name by William Reimann consists of six granite bollards with various ethnic designs engraved on them.
- David Phillips' "Porter Square Megaliths" are four boulders from which large pieces were first removed and then reinserted as bronze replicas.
- In the mezzanine level of the station that was of to 1993 William Wainwright installed artwork "The Lights at the End of the Tunnel" which is a large reflective Mobile showed. However, a lead weight fell off, so the movement had to be removed.
Individual evidence
- ^ Ridership and Service Statistics. (PDF; 6.2 MB) Thirteenth Edition 2010. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , 2010, accessed February 22, 2013 .
- ↑ Cambridge Historical Commission (ed.): Northwest Cambridge (= Survey of architectural history in Cambridge . Report 5). 1977, ISBN 978-0-262-53032-3 .
- ^ John H. Roy: A field guide to southern New England railroad depots and freight houses (= New England rail heritage series ). Branch Line Press, Pepperell, Mass. 2007, ISBN 978-0-942147-08-7 .
- ^ Jonathan Belcher: Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2013. (PDF; 911 kB) January 1, 2013, accessed on February 22, 2013 (English).
- ↑ MBTA Porter Square Station. Cambridge Seven Associates, accessed February 22, 2013 .
- ^ Arts On The Line. Porter Square MBTA Station. Cambridge Public Art, archived from the original ; accessed on September 25, 2018 (English).
Web links
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