State (MBTA station)
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State State Street |
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 Blue Line platform |
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| Basic data | |
| Opened | December 30, 1904 |
| Newly designed | April 26, 2011 |
| Tracks (platform) | 4 (4 side platforms ) |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 21 '31 " N , 71 ° 3' 28" W |
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| Line (s) |
Blue Line Orange Line |
| Passengers | 12,553 per day |
State (as well known State Street ) is a split-level as Turmbahnhof executed metro station of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in Boston in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . It provides access to the lines of Blue Line and Orange Line . The station is the only transfer station between the two underground lines mentioned.
history
On December 30, 1904, State Station was opened under the name Devonshire as part of the East Boston Tunnel (today's Blue Line ). Initially only wrong trams in the tunnel, but were with the April 18, 1924 overhead lines removed and busbars replaced so that the tunnel gauge railways (Engl. Heavy rail ) could be used.
On November 30, 1908, the Washington Street Tunnel , through which the Orange Line runs today, was opened and a second level was added to the subway station. Since the respective side platforms were run as a separate station and named after the location of their entrance, the underground station was given the double designation Devonshire and Milk / State , which it kept until 1967.
After the MBTA took over the Boston traffic structure in 1964, the subway lines were assigned colors and the station was renamed State on January 25, 1967 . With the introduction of trains with a length of up to six cars in 1987, the platforms of the underground station were expanded. In the period from 1997 to 2000 the official name of the station was State / Citizens Bank , since the bank in question had signed a sponsorship agreement with the MBTA . With the end of the partnership, the station was renamed State again.
When the Aquarium Station on the Blue Line was renovated from October 14, 2000 to October 29, 2001, the station was named State / Aquarium for that period . Between 2005 and 2011 the underground station was extensively renovated and partially redesigned.
Railway systems
Track, signal and security systems
The underground station has a total of four side platforms and four tracks - there are two on each of the two levels.
building
The metro station is located at the intersection of Washington Street and State Street and is only partially accessible accessible. The entrance to the station was unusually integrated into the Old State House , so that it is regularly not found immediately - especially by outsiders and tourists.
As part of the MBTA's Arts on the Line project, the multi-part work of art “Polychrome painted star” by Toshiro Katayama was installed inside the station and a wrought iron gate outside the building near the entrance on Washington Street by Albert Paley .
environment
There is a connection to four MBTA bus lines at the station.
Individual evidence
- ^ Ridership and Service Statistics. ( PDF ; 6.2 MB) Thirteenth Edition 2010. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , 2010, accessed January 11, 2013 .
- ↑ See for the entire section: Jonathan Belcher: Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2013. ( PDF ; 911 kB) January 1, 2013, accessed on January 11, 2013 (English).
- ↑ On the Orange Line. ( PDF ; 4.6 MB) Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , accessed January 23, 2013 .
Web links
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Downtown Crossing towards Forest Hills |
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Government Center towards Bowdoin |
Blue line |
Aquarium towards Wonderland |
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