Central (MBTA station)

CENTRAL

Inbound platform at Central in 2013

Location

At the intersection of Prospect and Magazine Streets and Massachusetts and Western Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Coordinates

42°21′54″N 71°06′12″W / 42.365°N 71.1034°WCoordinates: 42°21′54″N 71°06′12″W / 42.365°N 71.1034°W

Owned by

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Line(s)

Red Line

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Construction

Bicycle facilities

36 spaces

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

March 23, 1912

Traffic

Passengers (2013)

16,525 (weekday average boardings)^[1]

Services

Preceding station		MBTA		Following station
Harvard toward Alewife		Red Line		Kendall/MIT toward Ashmont or Braintree

Location

Central (also called Central Square) is an MBTA Red Line subway station located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue with Western Avenue, Prospect Street, and Magazine Street at Central Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It also includes a street-level bus terminal for local routes.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Outbound	← Red Line toward Alewife (Harvard)
	Inbound	→ Red Line toward Ashmont or Braintree (Kendall/MIT) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

History

Old tiles above the platforms

Central Square station opened along with Park Street Under, Kendall Square station, and Harvard Square station on March 23, 1912. Several 1912-built tile mosaics displaying the station name are still visible above the platforms. Similar mosaics are visible at a number of other older MBTA stations, including South Station and Broadway on the Red Line.

On January 26, 1978, heavy rains flooded the station.^[2]

In the mid 1980s, the platforms were extended at many early-built Red Line stations, allowing 6-car trains to be run beginning in January 1988.^[3] The platforms at Central were extended to the northwest (contrary to original plans for the southeast) beginning on April 25, 1985, with new entrances placed west of Prospect Street.^[4]^[5] The row of arches and columns between the tracks was not extended when the station was lengthened, making the extensions visually distinct from the original station area.

A fictionalized version of Central's platform area appears as a backdrop in the Xbox and PlayStation 2 game Karaoke Revolution.

Bus connections

Inbound entrance on Mass Ave

Central is a major transfer station, with 8 MBTA Bus routes running from the station to various parts of Cambridge, Somerville, Allston, and Boston.

1 Harvard/Holyoke Gate - Dudley Station via Massachusetts Avenue
47 Central Square, Cambridge - Broadway Station via B.U. Medical Center, Dudley Station & Longwood Medical Area
64 Oak Square - University Park, Cambridge or Kendall/MIT via North Beacon Street
70 Cedarwood, Market Place Drive or Central Square, Waltham - University Park via Watertown Square, Arsenal Street & Western Avenue
70A North Waltham - University Park via Watertown Square and Central Square, Cambridge
83 Rindge Avenue - Central Square, Cambridge via Porter Square Station
91 Sullivan Square Station - Central Square, Cambridge via Washington Street
CT1 Central Square, Cambridge - B.U. Medical Center/Boston Medical Center via M.I.T.

Accessibility

References

↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
↑ Moskowitz, Eric (18 November 2012). "Starts and Stops: MBTA receives first of long-delayed rail cars". Boston Globe. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
↑ Belcher, Jonathan (12 November 2012). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
↑ Cambridge Community Development Department (2013). "Central Square: Final Report". p. 21. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
↑ Sanborn, George M. (1992). A Chronicle of the Boston Transit System. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority – via MIT.

External links

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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Subway lines
(List of stations)

Heavy rail	Blue Orange Red

Light rail	Green "B" Branch "C" Branch "D" Branch "E" Branch Ashmont–Mattapan

Former lines	Arborway Line Atlantic Avenue Elevated Causeway Street Elevated Charlestown Elevated Green Line "A" Branch Washington Street Elevated

Commuter
Rail lines
(List of stations)

North Station lines	Fitchburg Haverhill (Wildcat Branch) Lowell Newburyport/Rockport

South Station lines	Fairmount Framingham/Worcester Franklin Greenbush Needham Old Colony (Kingston/Plymouth Middleborough/Lakeville CapeFLYER) Providence/Stoughton

Former lines	Central Mass Branch Dedham Branch Lexington Branch Millis Branch Woburn Branch

Bus routes
(List of routes)

Other services

Component parts
of system lines

Boylston Street Subway
Haymarket North Extension
Lechmere Viaduct
Tremont Street Subway
Washington Street Subway

Capital projects

Under construction	Chelsea extension Fairmount Line upgrades Forest Hills modifications Green Line Extension Haverhill Line upgrades South Coast Rail Wachusett extension

In planning / proposed	Buzzards Bay extension Foxboro service Hynes Convention Center renovation Kingston R.I. extension Nashua extension Route 16 extension Wollaston renovation

Formerly proposed	Arborway Line restoration Indigo Line (Fairmount Grand Junction Track 61) Lexington extension Lynn extension North–South Rail Link Plaistow extension Reading extension Red Line—Blue Line Connector Urban Ring Project

History

Predecessor companies	Boston Elevated Railway Streetcar lines Boston and Maine Railroad Conrail New York Central Railroad New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Penn Central Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Newton and Boston Street Railway

Route histories	History of the Green Line

Accidents and incidents	1990 Back Bay 2008 Waban/Woodland

Other

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