Ruggles (MBTA station)

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Ruggles station platform. The commuter rail tracks are on the opposite side of the fence.
Ruggles Station
Station statistics
Address	Ruggles and Tremont Streets, Boston
Lines	MBTA Subway Orange Line MBTA commuter rail Providence/Stoughton Line Franklin Line Needham Line
Bicycle facilities	12 spaces
Other information
Opened	May 4, 1987
Accessible
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Ruggles Station is a MBTA subway station on the Orange Line; it is also a MBTA commuter rail station serving the Providence/Stoughton, Franklin, and Needham Lines. It is located at the intersection of Ruggles and Tremont Streets in Boston. The station occupies the site that was previously the South End Grounds, home of the Boston Braves. Ruggles also serves as a major bus terminal for city bus routes listed here:

• 8: Harbor Point/Umass - Kenmore Station via B.U. Medical Center & Dudley Station
• 15: Kane Sq. or Fields Corner Station - Ruggles Station via Uphams Corner
• 19: Fields Corner Station - Kenmore or Ruggles Station via Grove Hall & Dudley Station
• 22: Ashmont Station - Ruggles Station via Talbot Ave. & Jackson Square
• 23: Ashmont Station - Ruggles Station via Washington St.
• 28: Mattapan Station - Ruggles Station via Dudley Station
• 42: Forest Hills Station - Dudley or Ruggles Station via Washington St.
• 43: Ruggles Station - Park & Tremont Sts. via Tremont St.
• 44: Jackson Square - Ruggles Station via Seaver St. and Humboldt Ave.
• 45: Franklin Park Zoo - Ruggles Sta. via Blue Hill Ave.
• 47: Central Sq., Cambridge - Broadway Station via B.U. Medical Center, Dudley Station and the Longwood Medical Area
• CT2: Sullivan Station - Ruggles Station via Kendall/M.I.T.
• CT3: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Andrew Station via B.U. Medical Center

[edit] Attractions

• Museum of Fine Arts (the Museum of Fine Arts stop on the Green Line is closer, but this stop is more convenient for people on the Orange Line)
• Northeastern University, Boston
• Wentworth Institute of Technology

[edit] Accessibility

This station is fully wheelchair accessible.

Previous station		MBTA		Next station
Hyde Park toward Forge Park/495		Franklin Line		Back Bay toward South Station
Forest Hills toward Needham Heights		Needham Line
Hyde Park toward Providence or Stoughton		Providence/Stoughton Line
Roxbury Crossing toward Forest Hills		Orange Line		Massachusetts Avenue toward Oak Grove