Roxbury Crossing (MBTA station)
Roxbury Crossing | |
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Boston subway station | |
The Orange Line platform |
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Basic data | |
District | Mission Hill |
Opened | May 4th 1987 |
Tracks (platform) | 2 (1 central platform ) |
Coordinates | 42 ° 19 '53 " N , 71 ° 5' 44" W |
use | |
Line (s) | Orange line |
Passengers | 3,693 per day |
Roxbury Crossing is the name of a subway station owned by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in the Boston district of Mission Hill in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . It provides access to the subway line Orange Line .
history
The station opened on May 4, 1987 as part of the renovation and relocation of the Orange Line parallel to the Northeast Corridor .
Railway systems
Track, signal and security systems
The underground station has a total of two tracks, which are accessible via a central platform .
building
The subway station is in the Mission Hill neighborhood at 1400 Tremont Street . The building is completely barrier-free .
As part of the MBTA's Arts on the Line project, the work of art “Neighborhood” by Susan Thompson , consisting of five colored canvases, was installed in the station . In addition, there are two granite monuments with engraved texts outside the station (“At Roxbury Crossing” by Jeannette DeLello Winthrop and “Hometown” by Luix Virgil Overbea ).
environment
There is a connection to ten MBTA bus routes at the station. The Roxbury Community College is in the immediate vicinity .
Individual evidence
- ^ Ridership and Service Statistics. ( PDF ; 6.2 MB) Thirteenth Edition 2010. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , 2010, accessed on January 26, 2013 .
- ^ Jonathan Belcher: Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2013. ( PDF ; 911 kB) January 1, 2013, accessed on January 26, 2013 (English).
- ↑ On the Orange Line. ( PDF ; 4.6 MB) Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , accessed January 26, 2013 .
Web links
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