JFK/UMass (MBTA station)

JFK/UMASS JFK/UMASS
Station statistics
Address	Columbia Road between Old Colony and Morrisey
Coordinates	42°19′14″N 71°03′09″W / 42.32058°N 71.05239°W / 42.32058; -71.05239Coordinates: 42°19′14″N 71°03′09″W / 42.32058°N 71.05239°W / 42.32058; -71.05239
Lines	Red Line   Greenbush Line   Middleborough/Lakeville Line   Plymouth/Kingston Line
Platforms	1 side platform (Commuter Rail) 2 island platforms (Red Line)
Tracks	1 (Commuter Rail) 4 (Red Line)
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	18 spaces
Other information
Opened	November 5, 1927
Rebuilt	December 14, 1988
Accessible
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Fare zone	1A
Formerly	Columbia
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Andrew toward Alewife Red Line Ashmont Branch Savin Hill toward Ashmont Red Line Braintree Branch North Quincy toward Braintree South Station Terminus Greenbush Line Quincy Center toward Greenbush Middleborough/Lakeville Line Quincy Center toward Middleborough / Lakeville Plymouth/Kingston Line Quincy Center toward Kingston or Plymouth

JFK/UMass Station is located at the intersection of Columbia Road and Morrissey Boulevard, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Its facilities include:

• a platform on the Boston subway's Red Line for the Ashmont Branch
• a platform on the Boston subway's Red Line for the Braintree Branch
• a platform on the MBTA Commuter Rail served by the Plymouth/Kingston Line, Middleborough/Lakeville Line and the Greenbush Line
• bus connections at street level, including shuttle buses to the University of Massachusetts and the JFK Library.
• passenger drop-off/pickup area adjacent to Interstate 93 access
• a Zipcar location in the employee parking area.

JFK/UMass is the only MBTA station where inbound trains from different branches of a line arrive on separate platforms. Because of this, it is possible for a passenger wishing to travel toward downtown Boston, waiting on the Ashmont platform, to miss a Braintree train that will stop at the same stations (and vice-versa). This is because the Ashmont and Braintree branches of the Red Line merge immediately after the station, rather than immediately prior to it.

Attractions

• John F. Kennedy Library
• UMass, Boston
• Commonwealth Museum
• Massachusetts State Archives
• Boston College High School
• Bayside Exposition Center (sold to UMass Boston in 2010 for redevelopment)^[1][2]
• Moakley Park (formerly Columbus Park)
• Carson Beach on Dorchester Bay
• Headquarters of the Boston Globe

JFK/UMass station also borders Mount Vernon Street, where the Harbor Point Housing Complex (formerly known as Columbia Point) is located.

Accessibility

JFK/UMass Station is wheelchair accessible. See MBTA accessibility.

History

In 1845, the Old Colony Railroad ran through the area and connected Boston and Plymouth, Massachusetts. The station was originally called Crescent Avenue or Crescent Avenue Depot^[3] as an Old Colony Railroad station, then called Columbia until December 1, 1982, and then again changed to JFK/UMass.

Before the station's redesign in the 1980s, when it was known as Columbia, it served only the Ashmont line.

Future plans

JFK/UMass Station is a proposed stop on the MBTA's planned Urban Ring Project.^[4] The Urban Ring will be a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line designed to connect the current MBTA Lines to reduce strain on the downtown stations.

References

1. ^ Forry, Ed, "UMass-Boston seeks to buy Bayside Expo; Motley says no plans for dorms", The Dorchester Reporter, December 16, 2009
2. ^ Anderson, Hil, "Boston’s Bayside Expo Site Sold to University", Trade Show Executive News, January 2010.
3. ^ Whiting, E., Map of Dorchester Massachusetts in 1850 - Boston Public Library Map Collection. The maps shows the Crescent Avenue Depot of the Old Colony Railroad Line.
4. ^ Executive Office of Transportation, Massachusetts, "Urban Ring Phase 2: FACT SHEET", January 2009

• "MBTA > Subway > JFK/UMass". http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/subway/lines/stations/?stopId=12410&lat=42.321065&lng=-71.052545. Retrieved 2007-10-29. 

External links

• JFK/UMass Station website
• MBTA - Old Colony Lines
• MBTA - Greenbush Line
• Columbia Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Sydney Street entrance from Google Maps Street View