Jackson Square (MBTA station)

JACKSON SQUARE

Main entrance to Jackson Square station in 2016

Location

1500 Columbus Avenue at 240 Centre Street
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

Coordinates

42°19′22″N 71°06′00″W / 42.3229°N 71.1000°WCoordinates: 42°19′22″N 71°06′00″W / 42.3229°N 71.1000°W

Owned by

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Line(s)

Orange Line

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Connections

MBTA Bus: 14, 22, 29, 41, 44

Construction

Bicycle facilities

8 spaces

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

May 4, 1987^[1]

Traffic

Passengers (2013)

5,828 (weekday average boardings)^[2]

Services

Preceding station		MBTA		Following station
Stony Brook toward Forest Hills		Orange Line		Roxbury Crossing toward Oak Grove

Jackson Square is a rapid transit station on the MBTA Orange Line, located at the intersection of Centre Street and Columbus Avenue in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

History

The station opened in 1987 along with the rest of the southern Orange Line stations. In 2004, a project took place that provided the station with murals as well as better lighting and new sidewalks to replace broken ones after a spree of violent crimes near the station. The improvements were designed to reduce criminal activity as well as provide a more welcoming atmosphere for transit riders.^[3]^[4]

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
L2 Platforms	Southbound	← Orange Line toward Forest Hills (Stony Brook)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Northbound	→ Orange Line toward Oak Grove (Roxbury Crossing) →

Bus connections

A route 41 bus at Jackson Square

Jackson Square station is served by five MBTA Bus routes:

14 Roslindale Square - Heath Street via Dudley Station, Grove Hall & Jackson Square Station
22 Ashmont Station - Ruggles Station via Talbot Avenue & Jackson Square
29 Mattapan Station - Jackson Square Station via Seaver Street & Columbus Avenue
41 Centre & Eliot Street - JFK/UMass Station via Dudley Station, Centre Street & Jackson Square Station
44 Jackson Square Station - Ruggles Station via Seaver Street & Humboldt Avenue

All of the routes operate into an off-street busway located adjacent to the station. The 14, 29, and 44 terminate at Jackson Square.

References

↑ Belcher, Jonathan (19 March 2016). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2016" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
↑ "Jackson Square Station Improvements Are Completed" (Press release). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 10 December 2004. Archived from the original on 13 December 2004.
↑ "Envisioning Peace: Local youths draw upon talents to improve MBTA stop" (Press release). Hyde Square Task Force. 15 July 2004. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011.

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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Subway lines
(List of stations)

Heavy rail	Blue Orange Red
Light rail	Green "B" Branch "C" Branch "D" Branch "E" Branch Ashmont–Mattapan
Former lines	Arborway Line Atlantic Avenue Elevated Causeway Street Elevated Charlestown Elevated Green Line "A" Branch Washington Street Elevated

Commuter
Rail lines
(List of stations)

North Station lines	Fitchburg Haverhill (Wildcat Branch) Lowell Newburyport/Rockport
South Station lines	Fairmount Framingham/Worcester Franklin Greenbush Needham Old Colony (Kingston/Plymouth Middleborough/Lakeville CapeFLYER) Providence/Stoughton
Former lines	Central Mass Branch Dedham Branch Lexington Branch Millis Branch Woburn Branch

Bus routes
(List of routes)

Other services

Component parts
of system lines

Capital projects

Under construction	Blue Hill Avenue station Forest Hills modifications Green Line Extension Haverhill Line upgrades Silver Line Gateway / Chelsea station
In planning / proposed	Buzzards Bay extension Foxboro service Hyde Square extension Hynes Convention Center renovation Kingston R.I. extension Nashua extension North–South Rail Link Quincy Center garage replacement Roslindale Village extension Route 16 extension South Coast Rail South Salem station Wollaston renovation Framingham/Worcester Line upgrades
Formerly proposed	Arborway Line restoration Indigo Line (Fairmount Grand Junction Track 61) Lexington extension Plaistow extension Reading extension Red Line—Blue Line Connector Milford/Hopedale extension Lynn extension Urban Ring Project

History

Predecessor companies	Boston Elevated Railway Streetcar lines Boston and Maine Railroad Conrail New York Central Railroad New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Penn Central Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Newton and Boston Street Railway
Accidents and incidents	1990 Back Bay 2008 Waban/Woodland

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