Silver Line Way (MBTA station)

SILVER LINE WAY

Buses at the outbound platform at Silver Line Way

Location

Silver Line Way at Pumphouse Road
South Boston Waterfront

Coordinates

42°20′50″N 71°02′19″W / 42.3472°N 71.0386°WCoordinates: 42°20′50″N 71°02′19″W / 42.3472°N 71.0386°W

Owned by

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Line(s)

Silver Line

Platforms

2 side platforms

Construction

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

December 17, 2004^[1]

Traffic

Passengers (2014)

870 (weekday boardings)^[2]

Services

Preceding station		MBTA	Following station
World Trade Center toward South Station		Silver Line SL1	Logan Airport Terminus
World Trade Center toward South Station		Silver Line SL2	306 Northern Ave. toward Design Center
	Future services
World Trade Center toward South Station		Silver Line SL6 Opening 2017	Airport toward Chelsea
	Former services
World Trade Center toward South Station		Silver Line SL3 Closed 2009	21 Dry Dock Ave. toward City Point

Silver Line Way is a surface bus rapid transit station on the MBTA Silver Line, located on Silver Line Way at Pumphouse Road between Massport Haul Road (Trilling Street) and D Street near the South Boston Waterfront. The station is a block south of the Boston Fish Pier; it also serves the Boston Renaissance Waterfront Hotel and the Bank of America Pavilion.

Changeover between diesel and overhead electric power takes place at the station, similar to Airport Station on the Blue Line. There is a small storage area for trolley buses. The station is the first station at the surface when going outbound from South Station; Courthouse and World Trade Center are both in the Waterfront Tunnel. Like all Silver Line stations, Silver Line Way is fully accessible for wheelchair users.

History

Inbound dual-mode buses in diesel mode (left) and electric mode at the power changeover point at Silver Line Way

The South Boston Transitway between South Station and Silver Line Way opened on December 17, 2004, and SL2 and SL3 service to the Waterfront and City Point areas began on December 31, 2004.^[1] Silver Line Way served as the transfer point between these services and buses to Logan Airport beginning in January 2005 until SL1 through service began 5 months later on June 29. SL3 service ended in October 2009 due to low ridership, as the service was in direct competition to the more frequent route 7 bus.^[1]

Present service consists of through trips on the SL1 route to Logan Airport and the SL2 route to Design Center (Waterfront), with some additional rush hour trips that short-turn at Silver Line Way.^[1] A bus lane loops around the outbound side platform to allow the short turn buses to turn back to stop at the inbound platform and continue into the Transitway.

Layout

■ Silver Line	toward South Station (World Trade Center)
■ Silver Line	toward Logan Airport (SL1) (Terminus) toward Design Center (SL2) (306 Northern Avenue)
■ Silver Line	Short turn buses only

References

1 2 3 4 Belcher, Jonathan (31 December 2011). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.

External links

MBTA - Silver Line Way
Media related to Silver Line Way (MBTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
View of station on 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 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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