Fenway (MBTA station)
FENWAY | |||||||||||
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 Two Green Line Type 7 trolleys leave Fenway station, outbound toward Riverside. | |||||||||||
| Location | Park Drive across the intersection from Riverway next to Landmark Center, Boston | ||||||||||
| Owned by | MBTA | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 18 spaces | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 4, 1959 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Fenway Park | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2009 daily) | 3,041[1] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Fenway is a stop on the D Branch of the MBTA Green Line. It is located in the Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood of Boston Massachusetts, under Park Drive near the Riverway. It opened along with the rest of the D Branch on July 4, 1959, when trolleys replaced Highland Branch commuter rail service.
Named after the Fenway parkway rather than Fenway Park, it is not the nearest station to the stadium - Yawkey commuter rail and Kenmore Green Line station are closer. Despite this, it was popular during Red Sox home games until the 2006 season due to the free outbound trips to Riverside not found at Kenmore station. After 2006, the MBTA started collecting fares on outbound trips and the station's popularity declined.
In June 2007, the MBTA constructed a new siding at Fenway station to handle crowds of Fenway Park passengers. During the off-season, the siding is used to store maintenance cars.
Fenway station was a proposed stop on the MBTA's planned Urban Ring Project, which was to be a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line designed to connect the current MBTA Lines to reduce strain on the downtown stations. The project has been indefinitely postponed due to MBTA's financial problems.
Station layout
| G Street/ Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Outbound | ← "D" Branch toward Riverside (Longwood) | |
| Inbound | → "D" Branch toward Government Center (Kenmore) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Nearby Destinations
- Landmark Center, a shopping, dining, entertainment and office complex.
- The Back Bay Fens, a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park which is part of the Emerald Necklace.
- Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- Fenway Health
Bus connections
- CT2 Ruggles Station via Kendall/MIT
- 47 Central Sq., Cambridge — Broadway Station
Accessibility
The station is currently accessible. Fenway Station also provided accessible service to Fenway Park, as Kenmore station was not accessible until the 2005-2010 reconstruction.
References
- ↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
External links
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Coordinates: 42°20′42.15″N 71°6′17.37″W / 42.3450417°N 71.1048250°W