Original configuration, with streetcar loop (later bus loop) and separate busway

Fields Corner is a station on the rapid transit Red Line at Fields Corner in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It opened on November 5, 1927, serving as the south end of the line for about a year. In addition to the two rapid transit platforms, one on each side of the line, there were streetcar tracks on each side, with the departing tracks at the north (railroad west) side split into two, and a bus loop under the south (east) track. Free transfers were available between all modes. With buses a paper transfer was required. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... “Mass Transit” redirects here. ... Red Line train of #1 Red Line stock crossing the Charles River on the Longfellow Bridge, towards Boston View of Boston from the Red Line The Red Line is a rapid transit line operated by the MBTA running roughly north-south through Boston, Massachusetts into neighboring communities. ... 1888 German map of Boston Harbor showing Dorchester in the lower left hand corner. ... is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... a historic postcard showing electric trolley-powered streetcars in Richmond, Virginia, where Frank J. Sprague successfully demonstrated his new system on the hills in 1888 A streetcar is a railway vehicle designed to carry passengers on tracks, usually laid in city streets. ... Most railroads in the U.S. use railroad directions to describe the directions that lines on their systems run, which often vary from compass directions. ... A Transfer, in the field of public transit, is a ticket that allows a passenger to transfer from one public conveyance to another as part of one trip. ...

The lower level busway was later closed, and all buses (and trackless trolleys) were routed to the upper level. The upper level busways were closed in the 2000s for reconstruction. An articulated trolleybus in Arnhem A trolleybus (also known as electric bus, trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram or simply trolley) is a bus powered by two overhead electric wires, from which the bus draws electricity using two trolley poles. ... This article is about the first decade of the 21st century. ...

A new Fields Corner station entrance lobby opened on Friday, December 22, 2006. After a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:05 am that day, Fields Corner became the final station to be converted to use the CharlieCard-based automated fare collection system. The more permanent CharlieCard, which was distributed by Customer Service Agents starting December 4, 2006. ...

Bus connections

• 15 Ruggles Sta. via Uphams Corner & Kane Sq. (late evenings only)
• 17 Andrew Station via Uphams Corner & Edward Everett Square
• 18 Ashmont Station - Andrew Station via Fields Corner Station
• 19 Ruggles Sta. via Grove Hall & Dudley Station
• 201 Fields Corner - Fields Corner or No. Quincy Station via Neponset Ave. to Adams St.
• 202 Fields Corner - Fields Corner or No. Quincy Station via Adams St. to Neponset Ave.
• 210 Quincy Center Sta. via Hancock St., No. Quincy Sta. & Neponset Ave.

In early 2005 the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority considered adding 15 key bus routes to its subway maps. ... Ruggles Station is a MBTA subway station on the Orange Line; it is also a MBTA commuter rail station serving the Attleboro/Stoughton, Franklin, and Needham Lines. ... An MBTA Redline T Departs Andrew Station Andrew is a station on the rapid transit Red Line at Dorchester Avenue at Andrew Square, by Southampton Street, Dorchester Street, and Boston Street in South Boston Massachusetts. ... Original configuration, with streetcar loop (later bus loop) and 1929-added busway Ashmont is a station on the rapid transit Red Line in Ashmont, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It opened on September 1, 1928, and is the terminal for the Red Lines Dorchester Branch. ... An MBTA Redline T Departs Andrew Station Andrew is a station on the rapid transit Red Line at Dorchester Avenue at Andrew Square, by Southampton Street, Dorchester Street, and Boston Street in South Boston Massachusetts. ... Ruggles Station is a MBTA subway station on the Orange Line; it is also a MBTA commuter rail station serving the Attleboro/Stoughton, Franklin, and Needham Lines. ... Former elevated configuration (Orange Line in red, streetcar loops in blue) Looking north at the northbound platforms, with the streetcar loops on each side Dudley is a ground-level bus depot in Dudley Square, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, served by local buses of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and their... North Quincy is a station on the Red Line subway at East Squantum Street between Hancock Street and Newport Avenue in Quincy, Massachusetts, and serves North Quincy High School, the State Street Bank complex, and the Atlantic and Montclair neighborhoods. ... North Quincy is a station on the Red Line subway at East Squantum Street between Hancock Street and Newport Avenue in Quincy, Massachusetts, and serves North Quincy High School, the State Street Bank complex, and the Atlantic and Montclair neighborhoods. ... Quincy Center is a station on the Red Line subway at 1300 Hancock Street and Washington Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. ... North Quincy is a station on the Red Line subway at East Squantum Street between Hancock Street and Newport Avenue in Quincy, Massachusetts, and serves North Quincy High School, the State Street Bank complex, and the Atlantic and Montclair neighborhoods. ...

Accessibility

Fields Corner is not wheelchair accessible. See MBTA 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. ...

External links

• MBTA - Fields Corner Station (Red Line)
• nycsubway.org - MBTA Red Line: Fields Corner