Park Street (MBTA station)

Park Street (MBTA station)

Infobox Station
name=Park Street Station



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image_caption=An Entrance to the MBTA's Park Street Station in Boston Mass, August 2008
coordinates = coord|42|21|23.11|N|71|3|45.33|W|name=Park Street MBTA Station|display=inline,title|type:railwaystation
address=Corner of Boston Common at intersection of Tremont, Park and Winter Streets, Downtown Boston
line=Rail color box|system=MBTA|line=RedRail color box|system=MBTA|line=Green|note=All Branches
other=Rail color box|system=MBTA|line=OrangeRail color box|system=MBTA|line=Silver(Via walkway leading to Downtown Crossing Station) | platform=
parking=
bicycle=
passengers=
pass_year=
pass_percent=
opened=September 3, 1897 (Green Line)
March 23, 1912 (Red Line)
July 30, 2002 (Silver Line)
rebuilt=
ADA=Yes
code=
owned=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
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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.

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.

Facilities

*Underground Winter Street Concourse to Downtown Crossing, for a connection to the Orange Line and Silver Line buses.

Nearby destinations

*the Massachusetts State House, seat of the state's government
*Boston Common
*Suffolk University
*Emerson College
*Freedom Trail
*the Boston Paulist Center
*theater and cinema
*shops and restaurants

Bus connections

*MBTABus|43 Ruggles Station
*MBTABus|55 Jersey & Queensberry via Copley Sq. & Ipswich St.

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.

Gallery

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."

External links

* [http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?18186 nycsubway.org] - Historical photo of Park Street in 1980
* [http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?18218 nycsubway.org] - Another historical photo of Park Street in 1980


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