World Trade Center (MBTA station)

WORLD TRADE CENTER
World Trade Center Station platforms
Location	Congress Street at C Street / World Trade Center Avenue, South Boston Waterfront
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Silver Line
Construction
Parking	none
Bicycle facilities	none
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	December 17, 2004[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2009)	2,338 (weekday average)[2]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Courthouse toward South Station Silver Line SL1 Silver Line Way toward Logan Airport Silver Line SL2 Silver Line Way toward Design Center

The World Trade Center station is a transportation station in Boston, Massachusetts, on the MBTA's bus rapid transit (BRT) Silver Line. The station is located on Congress Street at C Street/World Trade Center Avenue on the South Boston Waterfront. It is between Boston's World Trade Center and Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC), and near Commonwealth Pier and a seasonal ferry to Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Accessibility

The station is fully accessible and offers connections among Silver Line routes.

Layout and design

The station was designed by G plus G Architects. Its mezzanine level is intended to represent an underwater environment, with blue lighting, an undulating ceiling and sandy, mica-flecked stone tiles. Lenticular art designed by Marybeth Mungovan and Jason Asselin is installed on the lobby level of the station.

Notable Places Nearby

The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

• Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC)
• Boston Harborwalk
• Commonwealth Pier and charter boats
• Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (ICA)
• Restaurants
• Seaport Hotel and Seaport World Trade Center
• Seasonal ferry to Provincetown, Massachusetts

Future plans

The Charlie Card collection system at the World Trade Center Station.

World Trade Center Station is a planned stop on the MBTA's Silver Line Gateway service to Chelsea, Massachusetts.^[3] In the future this route might be extended to the proposed Urban Ring Project, a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line designed to connect the current MBTA Lines to reduce strain on the downtown stations.^[4]

References

1. ↑ Belcher, Jonathan (23 March 2013). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 12 August 2013. 
2. ↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2013. 
3. ↑ "Silver Line Gateway". Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Retrieved 30 October 2014. 
4. ↑ https://www.commentmgr.com/projects/1169/docs/URnews0105c.pdf

External links

• MBTA Silver Line -- WTC Station
• Provincetown ferry

Coordinates: 42°20′53.84″N 71°2′33.23″W / 42.3482889°N 71.0425639°W / 42.3482889; -71.0425639

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