Downtown Crossing (MBTA station)

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Downtown Crossing
Orange line train inbound to Oak Grove at Downtown Crossing
Station statistics
Address	Corner of Summer and Washington or Chauncey Streets Downtown Boston
Coordinates	42°21′20″N 71°03′38″W / 42.3555, -71.0605Coordinates: 42°21′20″N 71°03′38″W / 42.3555, -71.0605
Lines	Orange Line Red Line Silver Line
Connections	Green Line (via Park Street)
Platforms	Side platforms: Orange Line (top), Red Line (bottom), Silver Line (surface)
Other information
Opened	November 30, 1908 (Orange Line) April 4, 1915 (Red Line) July 24, 2002 (Silver Line)
Accessible
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Chinatown toward Forest Hills Orange Line State toward Oak Grove Park Street toward Alewife Red Line South Station toward Ashmont or Braintree Boylston toward Dudley Square Silver Line Washington Street Terminus Chinatown One-way operation Boylston toward Boston College Green Line "B" Branch Transfer at: Park Street Government Center Terminus Boylston toward Riverside Green Line "D" Branch Transfer at: Park Street Boylston toward Cleveland Circle Green Line "C" Branch Transfer at: Park Street Government Center toward North Station Boylston toward Heath Street Green Line "E" Branch Transfer at: Park Street Government Center toward Lechmere

Downtown Crossing Station (German: Mittekreuz) of the MBTA, located at the corner of Washington Street and Summer Street and the corner of Chauncey Street and Summer Street in Boston, is the main transfer point between the Orange Line and the Red Line.
It is named after Downtown Crossing, the shopping area above the station.
It had formerly been known as "Washington" on the Red Line and "Summer and Winter" or "Washington Under" on the Orange Line, for the streets above ground.

[edit] Facilities

• Street level connection to the Phase I Silver Line to Dudley
• Local buses
• Several express bus routes
• Winter Street Concourse to Park Street, for connection to the Green Line.
• Downtown Crossing Station is wheelchair accessible. See MBTA accessibility.

[edit] Attractions

Flagship Filene's Basement department store.
Original site of Jordan Marsh department store, now Macy's.

[edit] Bus Connections

• 92 Assembly Square Marketplace - Downtown via Sullivan Square Station & Haymarket Station
• 93 Sullivan Square Station - Downtown via Haymarket Station
• 448 Marblehead - Downtown Crossing via Paradise Road & Logan Airport Terminal C
• 449 Marblehead - Downtown Crossing via Humphrey Street & Logan Airport Terminal C
• 459 Salem Depot - Downtown via Central Square, Lynn & Logan Airport Terminal C
• 500 Express Bus Riverside Station - Downtown Boston via Mass Pike
• 501 Express Bus Brighton Center - Downtown Boston via Mass Pike
• 504 Express Bus Watertown Yard or Newton Corner - Downtown via Mass Pike
• 505 Express Bus Central Square, Waltham - Downtown Boston via Moody Street