Chinatown (MBTA station)

Chinatown (MBTA station)
CHINATOWN
CHINATOWN
MBTA Chinatown outbound platform.jpg
Outbound platform towards Forest Hills
Station statistics
Address 640 Washington Street and 1 Boylston Street
Boston, MA
Coordinates 42°21′08″N 71°03′46″W / 42.3522°N 71.0627°W / 42.3522; -71.0627Coordinates: 42°21′08″N 71°03′46″W / 42.3522°N 71.0627°W / 42.3522; -71.0627
Lines
  Orange Line
  Silver Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened November 30, 1908 (Orange Line)
July 20, 2002 (Silver Line)
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Formerly Essex
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
Orange Line
toward Oak Grove
One-way operation
 Silver Line
South Station
Terminus
Silver Line
Terminus
Location
Chinatown (MBTA station) is located in Boston
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Chinatown is an MBTA subway station on the Orange Line, located at the intersection of Washington and Boylston Streets, roughly at the northwestern corner of Boston, Massachusetts' Chinatown neighborhood.

The station serves the neighborhood and is also a transfer point for Silver Line buses on the Washington Street section of the line.

The station originally opened in 1908. Before the 1987 renovation and re-routing of the Orange Line it was named Essex, after Essex Street, which Boylston Street comes near this station. Until 1967, one platform was named Essex and the other Boylston (not to be confused with the nearby Boylston station on the Green Line).

Contents

Accessibility

Like all stations on the Orange Line, this station is wheelchair accessible.

Attractions

Bus connections

External links

Media related to Chinatown (MBTA station) at Wikimedia Commons


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