Maverick (MBTA station)

MAVERICK

Maverick Station Main Entrance

Location

220 Sumner Street,
East Boston, Massachusetts 02128

Coordinates

42°22′09″N 71°02′22″W / 42.3691°N 71.0395°WCoordinates: 42°22′09″N 71°02′22″W / 42.3691°N 71.0395°W

Owned by

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Line(s)

Blue Line

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Construction

Parking

none

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

December 5, 1904 as streetcar portal

Rebuilt

August 2009

Electrified

April 18, 1924 (converted to rapid transit)

Traffic

Passengers (2014)

10,106 (weekday average boardings)^[1]

Services

Preceding station		MBTA		Following station
Aquarium toward Bowdoin		Blue Line		Airport toward Wonderland

Maverick is a subway station on the Blue Line at Maverick Square in East Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It is the easternmost underground station on the Blue Line and a transfer point to various buses. One center island platform provides access to the surface in the middle of Maverick Square. In the station, a track map lined with light bulbs shows the position of the trains on the Blue Line between Bowdoin and Orient Heights. It was one of the last stations to be converted to 6-car train service in the MBTA's Blue Line renovation project.

When the East Boston Tunnel originally opened on December 30, 1904, it was a streetcar tunnel with a portal at Maverick, known as Maverick Portal or the Maverick Incline. There was no station at Maverick; streetcars simply left the portal and continued north on Meridian Street or southeast on Maverick Street.

On April 18, 1924, the tunnel was converted to rapid transit and Maverick station opened. The streetcar loop was between the rapid transit platforms. The last streetcar lines to use the underground loop were the 114, 115, 116, 117, 118 and 121; these last ran January 4, 1952, the day before the Revere Extension to the rapid transit line opened. The streetcar loop and portal have since been closed, with parts of the incline now used for pedestrian access.

The station has gone through extensive renovation including adding new fixtures and improved accessibility. The new station opened in August 2009.

Bus connections

114 Bellingham Square
116 Wonderland Station via Revere Street
117 Wonderland Station via Beach Street
120 Orient Heights Station via Bennington St., Jeffries Point & Waldemar Loop
121 Wood Island Station via Lexington Street

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance, station house
P Platforms	Southbound	← Blue Line toward Bowdoin or Government Center (Aquarium)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Northbound	→ Blue Line toward Wonderland (Airport) →

Gallery

Maverick Station underground with countdown arrival sign (2014)

References

↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.

Belcher, Jonathan (20 July 2011). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 3 October 2011.

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 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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