Quincy Center (MBTA station)

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Quincy Center
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Quincy Metro Station
Quincy Center
Entrance building of the station with parking garage
Basic data
Opened 1st September 1971
Tracks (platform) 3 (1 central platform ,
1 side platform )
Coordinates 42 ° 15 '3 "  N , 71 ° 0' 17"  W Coordinates: 42 ° 15 '3 "  N , 71 ° 0' 17"  W.
use
Line (s) Red Line MBTA Commuter Rail CapeFLYER


Passengers 7,913 per day

Quincy Center is the name of a metro station of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in the center of Quincy in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . It provides access to the Braintree branch of the line Red Line to commuter trains, the MBTA Commuter Rail and capeflyer .

history

The Quincy Center station was built in the Brutalist style and opened together with the North Quincy and Wollaston stations in 1971.

Railway systems

Track, signal and security systems

The underground station has three tracks, which are accessible via a central platform ( Red Line ) and a side platform ( Commuter Rail ).

building

The subway station is located at 1300 Hancock Street at Washington Street . It is completely barrier-free .

environment

There is a connection to 15 MBTA bus routes at the station. The car park above the station was closed on July 4, 2012 due to dilapidation; it is not planned to reopen.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ridership and Service Statistics. ( PDF ; 6.2 MB) Thirteenth Edition 2010. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , 2010, accessed March 21, 2013 .
  2. ^ Jonathan Belcher: Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2013. ( PDF ; 911 kB) January 1, 2013, accessed on March 21, 2013 (English).
  3. Jessica Bartlett: Quincy Center T garage closed due to structural problems. In: The Boston Globe . July 3, 2012, accessed March 21, 2013 .

Web links

Commons : Quincy Center station  - collection of images
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