Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Orange Line station)

For the MBTA Silver Line station, see Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Silver Line station).

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Station headhouse entrance from Massachusetts Avenue

Location

380 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA

Coordinates

42°20′30″N 71°05′00″W / 42.3416°N 71.0833°WCoordinates: 42°20′30″N 71°05′00″W / 42.3416°N 71.0833°W

Owned by

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Line(s)

Orange Line

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Construction

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

May 4, 1987^[1]

Traffic

Passengers (2013)

6,417 (weekday average boardings)^[2]

Services

Preceding station		MBTA		Following station
Ruggles toward Forest Hills		Orange Line		Back Bay toward Oak Grove

Location

Massachusetts Avenue is a rapid transit station on the MBTA Orange Line, located at 380 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. The station opened in 1987 as part of the renovation and relocation of the southern Orange Line into the Southwest Corridor. The Orange line runs parallel to the Northeast Corridor, which carries Amtrak trains and several MBTA commuter rail lines.

Like all stations on the Orange Line, Massachusetts Avenue is handicapped accessible.

Connections

Two MBTA Bus routes connect directly at the station:

1 Harvard/Holyoke Gate - Dudley Station via Massachusetts Avenue
CT1 Central Square - B.U. Medical Center via M.I.T.

Additionally, the Green Line "E" Branch and the 39 Forest Hills Station - Back Bay Station via Huntington Avenue route are available at Symphony station, 800 feet (240 m) away on Massachusetts Avenue.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	To entrances/exits
P Platforms	Southbound	← Orange Line toward Forest Hills (Ruggles)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Northbound	→ Orange Line toward Oak Grove (Back Bay) →

References

↑ Belcher, Jonathan (22 March 2014). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

External links

Media related to Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Orange Line station) at Wikimedia Commons
MBTA - Massachusetts Avenue (Orange Line)
Massachusetts Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
Gainsborough Street exit from Google Maps Street View

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 Fitchburg Line upgrades Wachusett extension Forest Hills modifications Government Center reconstruction Green Line Extension Haverhill Line upgrades South Coast Rail

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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