Wonderland (MBTA station)
Wonderland | |
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Revere Metro Station | |
Blue Line platform |
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Basic data | |
Opened | January 19, 1954 |
Newly designed | June 24, 1995 June 30, 2012 |
Tracks (platform) | 2 (2 side platforms ) |
Coordinates | 42 ° 24 '49 " N , 70 ° 59' 30" W |
use | |
Line (s) | _ Blue line |
Passengers | 5,520 per day |
Wonderland is a metro station of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in Revere in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . She's northern terminus of the line Blue Line .
history
As early as the end of the 19th century, a station called Bath House was built for the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad north of the position of the current station, but the company had to cease operations in 1940 in the course of the Great Depression . On January 19, 1954, the Wonderland station opened at the same time as the Beachmont and Revere Beach stations and henceforth formed the terminus of the northern extension of the East Boston Tunnel , which was renamed the Blue Line in 1967 . The original plans were to call the station Bath House as well, but the current name was finally chosen based on the nearby Wonderland Amusement Park or the Wonderland Greyhound Park, which was later active at the same location .
Because of the Big Dig , the MBTA was legally forced to compensate for the higher pollution caused by the increased motor traffic. As part of a large number of related measures, the Wonderland Intermodal Transit Center was built at the Wonderland station with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for a total of 53.5 million US dollars from 2010 to 2012 , with a car park with almost 1,500 parking spaces include new bus terminal, bicycle parking and improved pedestrian walkways.
Railway systems
Track, signal and security systems
The underground station has a total of two tracks that are accessible via two side platforms .
building
The metro station is located at the address 1300 North Shore Road ( Massachusetts Route 1A ) right on Revere Beach and is completely barrier-free accessible.
environment
At the station there is a connection to 12 bus lines of the MBTA. As it is mainly used as a park and ride station, there are a total of 1,852 chargeable parking spaces available.
Trivia
The station represents the eponymous destination of the main characters in the 1998 film Next Stop Wonderland .
Individual evidence
- ^ Ridership and Service Statistics. ( PDF ; 6.2 MB) Thirteenth Edition 2010. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , 2010, accessed January 31, 2013 .
- ^ Jonathan Belcher: Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2013. ( PDF ; 911 kB) January 1, 2013, accessed on January 11, 2013 (English).
- ↑ PATRICK-MURRAY ADMINISTRATION CELEBRATES OPENING OF WONDERLAND INTERMODAL TRANSIT CENTER. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , June 30, 2012; accessed January 31, 2013 .
- ↑ Wonderland DEATH. (No longer available online.) Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , June 30, 2012, archived from the original on May 23, 2012 ; accessed on January 31, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Next Stop Wonderland. Internet Movie Database , accessed May 22, 2015 .
Web links
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