Quincy Center (MBTA station)

Infobox Station
name=Quincy Center


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address=1300 Hancock Street
at Washington Street
Quincy, MA 02169
coordinates = coord|42|15|3.16|N|71|00|17.27|W|type:railwaystation
line=rail color box|system=MBTA|line=Redrail color box|system=MBTA|line=Greenbushrail color box|system=MBTA|line=Middleboroughrail color box|system=MBTA|line=Plymouth
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parking=872 spaces, $5.00 fee,
16 accessible spaces
bicycle=20 spaces
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pass_percent=
opened=September 1, 1971
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ADA=Yes
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owned=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
zone=1 for Commuter Rail services only (Part of former exit fare zone of the Red Line.)
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Quincy Center is a station on the Red Line subway at 1300 Hancock Street and Washington Street, serving the Quincy Center area of Quincy, Massachusetts. Its other facilities include nearby stops on the MBTA Commuter Rail, Old Colony Lines, and bus connections at street level.

History

Quincy Center Station opened in 1971 as part of the new South Shore branch of the Red Line.Cite web|url=http://thomascranelibrary.org/htm/161.htm|title=Off Hancock Street|work=Historic and Architectural Survey Quincy, Massachusetts|page=p. 77|date=1986|publisher=Thomas Crane Public Library, Quincy, Mass.|accessdate=2007-10-02]

Nearby destinations

*Quincy Center Local Historic District

Bus connections

*MBTABus|210 North Quincy or Fields Corner via Neponset Ave. & Hancock St.
*MBTABus|211 Squantum via Sea St.
*MBTABus|212 North Quincy Sta.
*MBTABus|214 Germantown via Sea St.
*MBTABus|215 Ashmont Station via West Quincy
*MBTABus|216 Hough's Neck via Sea St.
*MBTABus|220 Hingham
*MBTABus|221 Fort Point
*MBTABus|222 East Weymouth
*MBTABus|225 Weymouth Landing via Quincy Ave.
*MBTABus|230 Montello Commuter Rail Station via Holbrook
*MBTABus|236 South Shore Plaza
*MBTABus|238 Holbrook/Randolph Commuter Rail Station via Crawford Square
*MBTABus|245 Mattapan Sta. via Pleasant St.

Accessibility

Quincy Center station is wheelchair accessible. See MBTA accessibility.

References

*Cite web|url=http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/subway/lines/stations/?stopId=13981&lat=42.250879&lng=-71.004798|title=MBTA > Subway > Quincy Center|accessdate=2007-10-02

External links

* [http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/subway/lines/stations/?stopId=13981&lat=42.250879&lng=-71.004798 Quincy Center Station website]
* [http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/rail/lines/?route=OLCOLONY MBTA - Old Colony Lines]
* [http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/rail/lines/?route=GREENBSH MBTA - Greenbush Line]