Back Bay Station, located at 145 Dartmouth Street, between Stuart Street and Columbus Avenue, in This article is about the neighborhood of Back Bay. ...Back Bay, Boston, is an important transportation center. Its facilities include:

• a station stop on Amtrak is the name of an intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ...Amtrak's For the agglomeration of metropolitan areas, see article on BosWash megalopolis The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railway line with overhead wires running from Washington, DC to Boston, Massachusetts, passing through Baltimore, Maryland, Wilmington, Delaware, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New York, New York, New Haven, Connecticut and Providence, Rhode Island. ...Northeast Corridor train service, including Acela in West Windsor, NJ Acela, more properly Acela Express, is the name used by Amtrak for the high speed trains which run between Washington and Boston via New York and Philadelphia along the Northeast Corridor of the United States. ...Acela high_speed trains. There is also a daily Amtrak overnight train (Lake Shore Limited)to Chicagos skyline at day Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles, with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 US Census. ...Chicago.
• a stop on the The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is a quasi_governmental organization formed in 1964 that controls the subway, bus, commuter rail, and ferry systems in the Boston, Massachusetts area. ...Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Attleboro/Providence and Framingham/Worcester, Needham and Franklin commuter rail lines.
• a station stop on the Boston subway's The Orange Line is one of the four subway lines of the MBTA. It extends from Forest Hills in Jamaica Plain, Boston in the south to Oak Grove in Malden, Massachusetts in the north. ...Orange Line.
• local bus service.
• staffed ticket windows.
• a food court and waiting area.

Back Bay Station opened May, 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1987 as part of the Orange Line's Southwest Corridor project and was dedicated by Governor Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American politician born in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Greek_immigrant parents. ...Michael Dukakis.

Note: Amtrak's trains to State nickname: The Pine Tree State Other U.S. States Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Governor John Baldacci Official languages None Area 86,542 km² (39th)  _ Land 80,005 km²  _ Water 11,724 km² (13. ...Maine do not stop at Back Bay or South Station front entrance. ...South Station. They terminate at Platforms at North Station North Station, located at Causeway and Nashua Streets, in Boston, Massachusetts is a major transportation hub. ...North Station, which is also on the Orange Line. Travelers who wish to make a connection by subway with North Station are best off exiting at Back Bay and taking the Orange Line.

Attractions

• Several major hotels
• A shopping mall extending through many buildings in the area
• The Prudential Center
• The Hynes Auditorium Convention Center
• The John Hancock Tower
• Categories: Stub | Boston ...Copley Square and Trinity Church
• The linear park that extends from Back Bay Station to Massachusetts Avenue atop the The Southwest corridor or Southwest Expressway was a project designed to bring a four_lane highway into the City of Boston from a direction southwesterly of downtown. ...Southwest corridor project/Northeast Corridor
• A parking garage

Accessibility

• Back Bay Station is wheelchair accessible.
• Other Amtrak stations on the Northeast Corridor are generally accessible.
• Back Bay Station has a full length high level platform for Amtrak Northeast Corridor and MBTA Attleboro/Providence trains but only a short high level platform for MBTA Framingham/Worcester and Amtrak Chicago trains (which operate on different tracks from the Northeast Corridor service).
• Some MBTA commuter rail stations have no wheelchair access and many of those that do have short high level platforms that only serve one or two cars.
• See Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority accessibility As is true for most mass transit systems, much of the Boston subway and commuter rail lines were built before wheelchair access was a requirement. ...MBTA accessibility.