Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Orange Line station)

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Station headhouse entrance from Massachusetts Avenue

Location

380 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts

Coordinates

42°20′30″N 71°05′00″W / 42.3416°N 71.0833°WCoordinates: 42°20′30″N 71°05′00″W / 42.3416°N 71.0833°W

Owned by

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Line(s)

Orange Line

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Construction

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

May 4, 1987^[1]

Traffic

Passengers (2013)

6,417 (weekday average boardings)^[2]

Services

Preceding station		MBTA		Following station
Ruggles toward Forest Hills		Orange Line		Back Bay toward Oak Grove

Location

Massachusetts Avenue is a rapid transit station on the MBTA Orange Line, located at 380 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. The station opened in 1987 as part of the renovation and relocation of the southern Orange Line into the Southwest Corridor. The Orange line runs parallel to the Northeast Corridor, which carries Amtrak trains and several MBTA commuter rail lines.

Like all stations on the Orange Line, Massachusetts Avenue is handicapped accessible.

Connections

Two MBTA Bus routes connect directly at the station:

1 Harvard/Holyoke Gate - Dudley Station via Massachusetts Avenue
CT1 Central Square - B.U. Medical Center via M.I.T.

Additionally, the Green Line "E" Branch and the 39 Forest Hills Station - Back Bay Station via Huntington Avenue route are available at Symphony station, 800 feet (240 m) away on Massachusetts Avenue.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	To entrances/exits
P Platforms	Southbound	← Orange Line toward Forest Hills (Ruggles)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Northbound	→ Orange Line toward Oak Grove (Back Bay) →

References

↑ Belcher, Jonathan (22 March 2014). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.

External links

Media related to Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Orange Line station) at Wikimedia Commons
MBTA - Massachusetts Avenue (Orange Line)
Massachusetts Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
Gainsborough Street exit from Google Maps Street View

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

Other

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