Central (MBTA station)

Central (MBTA station)

Infobox Station
name=Central Station
(or Central Square Station)



image_size=
image_caption=
address=At the intersection of Prospect and Magazine Streets and Massachusetts and Western Avenue, Cambridge, MA
line=rail color box|system=MBTA|line=Red
other=
platform=side platforms
parking=
bicycle=36 spaces
passengers=
pass_year=
pass_percent=
opened=March 23, 1912
rebuilt=
ADA=Yes
code=
owned=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
zone=
services=s-rail|title=MBTA

Central Station is located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Western Avenue, Prospect Street, and Magazine Street (Central Square), in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its facilities include:

*a station on the Boston subway's Red Line
*a street-level bus terminal for local routes

Attractions

*MIT, about a 12-minute walk south along Massachusetts Avenue (note that the Kendall stop is much closer).
*Cambridge City Hall
*main Cambridge post office (02139)
*shops and restaurants
*churches, mosque and synagogues

Bus connections

*1 Harvard/Holyoke Gate-Dudley Sta. via Mass Ave.
*47 Central Sq.,Cambridge-Broadway Sta. Via B.U. Medical Center
*64 Oak Sq.-University Park or Kendall/MIT
*70 Cedarwood or Watertown Sq.-University Park
*70A North Waltham-University Park
*83 Rindge Avenue-Central Sta.,Cambridge
*91 Sullivan Sq. Sta-Central Sq.,Cambridge via Washington St.
*CT1 Central Sq.,Cambridge-B.U. Medical Ctr./Boston Medical Ctr. Via M.I.T.

Accessibility

Central Square Station is wheelchair accessible. See MBTA accessibility.

Trivia

A fictionalized version of Central Station's platform area appears as a backdrop in the Xbox and Playstation 2 game Karaoke Revolution.

External links

* [http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/subway/lines/stations/?stopId=10919&lat=42.365326&lng=-71.103474 Central Square Station @ MBTA.com]
* [http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?18177 nycsubway.org] - Historical photo of Central Station in 1980


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