Central (MBTA station)

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Central Station
(or Central Square Station)
Station statistics
Address At the intersection of Prospect and Magazine Streets and Massachusetts and Western Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Lines
Red Line
Platforms side platforms
Bicycle facilities 36 spaces
Other information
Opened March 23, 1912
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Central Station is located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Western Avenue, Prospect Street, and Magazine Street (Central Square), in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its facilities include:

  • a station on the Boston subway's Red Line
  • a street-level bus terminal for local routes

Contents

[edit] Attractions

  • MIT, about a 12-minute walk south along Massachusetts Avenue (note that the Kendall stop is much closer).
  • Cambridge City Hall
  • main Cambridge post office (02139)
  • shops and restaurants
  • churches, mosque and synagogues

[edit] Bus connections

  • 1 Harvard/Holyoke Gate-Dudley Sta. via Mass Ave.
  • 47 Central Sq.,Cambridge-Broadway Sta. Via B.U. Medical Center
  • 64 Oak Sq.-University Park or Kendall/MIT
  • 70 Cedarwood or Watertown Sq.-University Park
  • 70A North Waltham-University Park
  • 83 Rindge Avenue-Central Sta.,Cambridge
  • 91 Sullivan Sq. Sta-Central Sq.,Cambridge via Washington St.
  • CT1 Central Sq.,Cambridge-B.U. Medical Ctr./Boston Medical Ctr. Via M.I.T.

[edit] Accessibility

Central Square Station is wheelchair accessible. See MBTA accessibility.

[edit] Trivia

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

[edit] External links

Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
toward Alewife
 Red Line
toward Ashmont or Braintree