City Point (MBTA station)

City Point Station
Station statistics
Lines
  Silver Line
BERy and M.T.A. streetcar lines
Parking none
Bicycle facilities none
Other information
Opened December 31, 2004
Closed 1953 (streetcar lines)
2008 (Silver Line)
Owned by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
East 1st St./M St.
 Silver Line
Terminus

City Point was a transportation station in South Boston, Massachusetts, on the MBTA's Silver Line, the terminus of the former SL3 line. It lacked waiting facilities for passengers, and existed solely as a turnaround for the buses on the SL3.

The station was closed when the SL3 line was dropped in 2008 due to low ridership.

The City Point area is still served by the #5, 7, 9, 10 and 11 buses, all of which terminate at City Point at East 1st Street and O Street. All except the #5 were formerly streetcar routes. Service was converted to bus on the 7,9, and 10 in 1953; they were some of the last Boston-area streetcar lines to be bustituted, and the #9 was among the second-to-last line (the other being the #43) to serve the Pleasant Street Portal. Streetcars last ran on the #11 in 1929.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ SPUI (20 May 2005). "More Boston streetcar questions". ne.transportation. (Web link). Retrieved 2012-03-16. 
  2. ^ Jonathan White (12 August 2003). "Bay View streetcar line in South Boston". ne.transportation. (Web link). Retrieved 2012-03-16. 
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