NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Park Street (MBTA station)

Park Street Station of the MBTA, located at the intersection of Park Street and Tremont Street in Boston at a corner of Boston Common, is the main transfer point between the Green Line and the Red Line. Throughout the green and red lines, trains labeled "inbound" are headed towards this station, while those labeled "outbound" are headed away. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 Ã— 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (525 Ã— 700 pixel, file size: 37 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) An Entrance to the MBTAs Park Street Station in Boston Mass. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image:Boston common Boston Massachusetts USA.jpg Boston Common in 2005, with the State House looming in the background 1890 Map of Boston Common and the adjacent Public Garden View of the Water Celebration, on Boston Common, October 25th 1848 Boston Common Engraving For the television series, see Boston Common... 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. ... 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. ... Image File history File links Handicap_reverse. ... The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [1] formed in 1964 to finance and operate most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA area. ... Download high resolution version (863x539, 134 KB)Park Street Station, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, circa 1898. ... Download high resolution version (863x539, 134 KB)Park Street Station, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, circa 1898. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Park Street Station, Green Line Outbound Platform, December 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Park Street Station, Green Line Outbound Platform, December 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [1] formed in 1964 to finance and operate most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA area. ... This article refers to Park Street in Boston. ... Tremont Street is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, Athens of America, The Hub (of the Universe)1 Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area - City 89. ... Image:Boston common Boston Massachusetts USA.jpg Boston Common in 2005, with the State House looming in the background 1890 Map of Boston Common and the adjacent Public Garden View of the Water Celebration, on Boston Common, October 25th 1848 Boston Common Engraving For the television series, see Boston Common... Two trains at Park Street. ... View of Boston from the Red Line An MBTA Red Line train leaving Charles/MGH station bound for Alewife. ...

The Green Line portion of this station was originally constructed in 1897, making it one of the two oldest subway stations in the United States, along with Boylston. The Red Line portion beneath it, sometimes called Park Street Under, was constructed in 1912. 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... For lower capacity public transit systems, see tram, light rail, bus, and bus rapid transit. ... For the Orange Line station formerly called Boylston, see Chinatown. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Facilities

The Winter Street Concourse is a pedestrian tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts connecting the Park Street and Downtown Crossing subway stations of the MBTA. It can be used to pass freely between these two major transfer stations without boarding a Red Line train, and is therefore a means of transfer between... Downtown Crossing Station of the MBTA, located at the corner of Washington Street and Summer Street and the corner of Chauncey Street and Summer Street in Boston, is the main transfer point between the Orange Line and the Red Line. ... 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. ... Map The Silver Line is the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authoritys (MBTAs) sole Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line, running in two, unconnected sections, from Dudley Square in Roxbury to downtown Boston, Massachusetts and from South Station to several points in South Boston and to Logan Airport in East Boston. ...

Nearby destinations

The Massachusetts State House Full view of the south side The Massachusetts State House is the state capitol of Massachusetts. ... Image:Boston common Boston Massachusetts USA.jpg Boston Common in 2005, with the State House looming in the background 1890 Map of Boston Common and the adjacent Public Garden View of the Water Celebration, on Boston Common, October 25th 1848 Boston Common Engraving For the television series, see Boston Common... Suffolk University is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts, situated on Beacon Hill. ... Emerson College was founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a school of oratory, in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Bostons Freedom Trail is a red (mostly brick) path through downtown Boston which leads to sixteen significant historical sites. ... Paulists is the name of several Roman Catholic Orders and Congregations taken in honour and under the patronage of a St. ...

Bus connections

The 43 Ruggles Station - Park and Tremont Streets is a bus route in Boston, Massachusetts run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. ... 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. ... Copley Station is a stop along the Green Line downtown subway of the MBTA. It is located under Copley Square, with entrances and exits along Boylston and Clarendon streets. ...

Accessibility

Park Street Station is wheelchair accessible, after a renovation completed in 2004. The Red Line station has both island and side platforms. Only the island platform has elevator access. See also: MBTA accessibility. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Side platforms Railway stations on double lines can have side platforms or island platforms. ... 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. ...

Trivia

Park Street makes a cameo appearance in the first paragraph of the 1927 H.P. Lovecraft story, "Pickman's Model." It also appears near the end of his 1936 novella "At the Mountains of Madness." Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 â€“ March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy, horror and science fiction, noted for combining these three genres within single narratives. ... At the Mountains of Madness is a novella by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. ...

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Categories: Red Line (MBTA) | Green Line (MBTA) | Busking venues | Rapid transit stubs The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [1] formed in 1964 to finance and operate most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA area. ... For the Orange Line station formerly called Boylston, see Chinatown. ... Image:Tstation. ... Two trains at Park Street. ... Government Center Station of the MBTA, located at the intersection of Tremont, Court and Cambridge Streets in the Government Center neighborhood of Boston, is the main transfer point between the Green Line and the Blue Line. ... For the Orange Line station formerly called Boylston, see Chinatown. ... The Riverside stop is the western terminus of the MBTA Green Line D branch. ... Two trains at Park Street. ... For the Orange Line station formerly called Boylston, see Chinatown. ... The Reservoir station on the D branch of the Green Line. ... Two trains at Park Street. ... Government Center Station of the MBTA, located at the intersection of Tremont, Court and Cambridge Streets in the Government Center neighborhood of Boston, is the main transfer point between the Green Line and the Blue Line. ... Platforms at North Station North Station, located at Causeway and Nashua Streets, in Boston, Massachusetts is a major transportation hub. ... For the Orange Line station formerly called Boylston, see Chinatown. ... The Heath Street stop along South Huntington Avenue is the western terminus of the MBTA Green Line E branch. ... Two trains at Park Street. ... Government Center Station of the MBTA, located at the intersection of Tremont, Court and Cambridge Streets in the Government Center neighborhood of Boston, is the main transfer point between the Green Line and the Blue Line. ... The Lechmere stop is the north-eastern terminus of the MBTA Green Line. ... Charles/MGH Station, December 2004 Charles/MGH Station is located at the intersection of Cambridge Street and Charles Street, in Boston, Massachusetts. ... T sign and top of glass pyramid from roof-level parking deck of Alewife Station, September 2004 Alewife Station, located at the intersection of Alewife Brook Parkway and Cambridgepark Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a local intermodal transportation hub. ... View of Boston from the Red Line An MBTA Red Line train leaving Charles/MGH station bound for Alewife. ... Downtown Crossing Station of the MBTA, located at the corner of Washington Street and Summer Street and the corner of Chauncey Street and Summer Street in Boston, is the main transfer point between the Orange Line and the Red Line. ... 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. ... Braintree Station Braintree Station, located at Ivory and Union Streets in Braintree, Massachusetts 42. ...

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