Park Street (MBTA station)

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Park Street Station
An Entrance to the MBTA's Park Street Station in Boston Mass, February 2005
Station statistics
Address	Corner of Boston Common at intersection of Tremont, Park and Winter Streets, Downtown Boston
Lines	Red Line Green Line (All Branches)
Connections	Orange Line Silver Line (Via walkway leading to Downtown Crossing Station)
Other information
Opened	September 3, 1897 (Green Line) March 23, 1912 (Red Line) July 30, 2002 (Silver Line)
Accessible
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Park Street Station of the MBTA, located at the intersection of Park Street and Tremont Street in Boston at a corner of Boston Common, is the main transfer point between the Green Line and the Red Line. Throughout the green and red lines, trains labeled "inbound" are headed towards this station, while those labeled "outbound" are headed away.

The Green Line portion of this station was originally constructed in 1897, making it one of the two oldest subway stations in the United States, along with Boylston. The Red Line portion beneath it, sometimes called Park Street Under, was constructed in 1912.

Contents 1 Facilities 2 Nearby destinations 3 Bus connections 4 Accessibility 5 Gallery 6 Trivia 7 External links

[edit] Facilities

• Underground Winter Street Concourse to Downtown Crossing, for a connection to the Orange Line and Silver Line buses.

[edit] Nearby destinations

• the Massachusetts State House, seat of the state's government
• Boston Common
• Suffolk University
• Emerson College
• Freedom Trail
• the Boston Paulist Center
• theater and cinema
• shops and restaurants

[edit] Bus connections

• 43 Ruggles Station
• 55 Jersey & Queensberry via Copley Sq. & Ipswich St.

[edit] Accessibility

Park Street Station is wheelchair accessible, after a renovation completed in 2004. The Red Line station has both island and side platforms. Only the island platform has elevator access. See also: MBTA accessibility.

[edit] Gallery

Park Street Station, streetcar (now Green Line) platforms, circa 1898	Park Street Station, Green Line platforms, December 2004	Park Street Under, Red Line platforms, January 2005	Two trains at Park Street. Left, Type 7 Kinki-Sharyo train bound for Boston College. Background, Type 8 Ansaldo-Breda train departs for Government Center
Wall mural at the Park Street stop, September 2006

[edit] Trivia

Park Street makes a cameo appearance in the first paragraph of the 1927 H. P. Lovecraft story, "Pickman's Model." It also appears near the end of his 1936 novella "At the Mountains of Madness."

[edit] External links

• nycsubway.org - Historical photo of Park Street in 1980
• nycsubway.org - Another historical photo of Park Street in 1980

Preceding station		MBTA		Following station
Boylston toward Boston College		Green Line "B" Branch		Government Center Terminus
Boylston toward Riverside		Green Line "D" Branch
Boylston toward Cleveland Circle		Green Line "C" Branch		Government Center toward North Station
Boylston toward Heath Street		Green Line "E" Branch		Government Center toward Lechmere
Charles/MGH toward Alewife		Red Line		Downtown Crossing toward Ashmont or Braintree
Chinatown toward Forest Hills		Orange Line Transfer at: Downtown Crossing		State toward Oak Grove
Chinatown toward Dudley Square		Silver Line Washington Street Transfer at: Downtown Crossing		Boylston toward Downtown Crossing