- Fields Corner (MBTA station)
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name=Fields Corner
type=MBTA subway station
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address=Dorchester Avenue & Charles Avenue
Dorchester, MA
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opened=5 November 1927
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map_locator=Fields Corner is a station on the
rapid transit Red Line at Fields Corner inDorchester, Massachusetts . It opened onNovember 5 ,1927 , serving as the south end of the line for about a year. In addition to the two rapid transit platforms, one on each side of the line, there werestreetcar tracks on each side, with the departing tracks at the north (railroad west) side split into two, and a bus loop under the south (east) track. Free transfers were available between all modes. With buses a paper transfer was required.The lower level busway was later closed, and all buses (and
trackless trolley s) were routed to the upper level. The upper level busways were closed in the 2000s for reconstruction.A new Fields Corner station entrance lobby opened on Friday, December 22, 2006. After a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:05 am that day, Fields Corner became the final station to be converted to use the
CharlieCard -based automated fare collection system. A complete station renovation was completed on September 23, 2008. [http://mbta.com/about_the_mbta/news_events/?id=15779&month=&year=]Bus connections
*MBTABus|15 Ruggles Sta. via Uphams Corner & Kane Sq. (late evenings only)
*MBTABus|17 Andrew Station via Uphams Corner & Edward Everett Square
*MBTABus|18 Ashmont Station - Andrew Station via Fields Corner Station
*MBTABus|19 Ruggles Sta. via Grove Hall & Dudley Station
*MBTABus|201 Fields Corner - Fields Corner or No. Quincy Station via Neponset Ave. to Adams St.
*MBTABus|202 Fields Corner - Fields Corner or No. Quincy Station via Adams St. to Neponset Ave.
*MBTABus|210 Quincy Center Sta. via Hancock St., No. Quincy Sta. & Neponset Ave.Accessibility
Fields Corner is wheelchair accessible. See
MBTA accessibility .External links
* [http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/subway/lines/stations/?stopId=11781 MBTA - Fields Corner Station (Red Line)]
* [http://world.nycsubway.org/us/boston/red/mbta-red-fieldscorner.html nycsubway.org - MBTA Red Line: Fields Corner]
* [http://www.c7a.com/Portfolio/transportation/mbta_fields_corner.asp?pos=0 Cambridge Seven Associates project page]
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