World Trade Center (MBTA station)

WORLD TRADE CTR

World Trade Center Station platforms

Location

Congress Street at C Street / World Trade Center Avenue, South Boston Waterfront

Owned by

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Line(s)

Silver Line

Construction

Parking

none

Bicycle facilities

none

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

December 17, 2004^[1]

Traffic

Passengers (2009)

2,338 (weekday average)^[2]

Services

Preceding station		MBTA	Following station
Courthouse toward South Station		Silver Line SL1	Silver Line Way toward Logan Airport
Courthouse toward South Station		Silver Line SL2	Silver Line Way toward Design Center
	Future services
Courthouse toward South Station		Silver Line SL6 Opening 2017	Silver Line Way toward Chelsea
	Former services
Courthouse toward South Station		Silver Line SL3 Closed 2009	Silver Line Way toward City Point

The World Trade Center station is a transportation station in Boston, Massachusetts, on the MBTA's bus rapid transit (BRT) Silver Line. The station is located on Congress Street at C Street/World Trade Center Avenue on the South Boston Waterfront. It is between Boston's World Trade Center and Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC), and near Commonwealth Pier and a seasonal ferry to Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Accessibility

Layout and design

■ Silver Line	toward South Station (Courthouse)
■ Silver Line	toward Logan Airport (SL1) or Design Center (SL2) (Silver Line Way)

The station was designed by G plus G Architects. Its mezzanine level is intended to represent an underwater environment, with blue lighting, an undulating ceiling and sandy, mica-flecked stone tiles. Lenticular art designed by Marybeth Mungovan and Jason Asselin is installed on the lobby level of the station.

Nearby destinations

The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC)
Boston Harborwalk
Commonwealth Pier and charter boats
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (ICA)
Restaurants
Seaport Hotel and Seaport World Trade Center
Seasonal ferry to Provincetown, Massachusetts

Future plans

The Charlie Card collection system at the World Trade Center Station.

World Trade Center Station is a planned stop on the MBTA's Silver Line Gateway service to Chelsea, Massachusetts.^[3] In the future this route might be extended to the proposed Urban Ring Project, a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line designed to connect the current MBTA Lines to reduce strain on the downtown stations.^[4]

References

↑ Belcher, Jonathan (23 March 2013). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
↑ "Silver Line Gateway". Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2012.

External links

Coordinates: 42°20′53.84″N 71°2′33.23″W / 42.3482889°N 71.0425639°W / 42.3482889; -71.0425639

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Subway lines
(List of stations)

Heavy rail	Blue Orange Red

Light rail	Green "B" Branch "C" Branch "D" Branch "E" Branch Ashmont–Mattapan

Former lines	Arborway Line Atlantic Avenue Elevated Causeway Street Elevated Charlestown Elevated Green Line "A" Branch Washington Street Elevated

Commuter
Rail lines
(List of stations)

North Station lines	Fitchburg Haverhill (Wildcat Branch) Lowell Newburyport/Rockport

South Station lines	Fairmount Framingham/Worcester Franklin Greenbush Needham Old Colony (Kingston/Plymouth Middleborough/Lakeville CapeFLYER) Providence/Stoughton

Former lines	Central Mass Branch Dedham Branch Lexington Branch Millis Branch Woburn Branch

Bus routes
(List of routes)

Other services

Component parts
of system lines

Capital projects

Under construction	Blue Hill Avenue station Boston Landing station Forest Hills modifications Green Line Extension Haverhill Line upgrades Silver Line Gateway / Chelsea station South Coast Rail

In planning / proposed	Buzzards Bay extension Foxboro service Hynes Convention Center renovation Kingston R.I. extension Nashua extension Route 16 extension Wollaston renovation

Formerly proposed	Arborway Line restoration Indigo Line (Fairmount Grand Junction Track 61) Lexington extension Lynn extension North–South Rail Link Plaistow extension Reading extension Red Line—Blue Line Connector Urban Ring Project

History

Predecessor companies	Boston Elevated Railway Streetcar lines Boston and Maine Railroad Conrail New York Central Railroad New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Penn Central Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Newton and Boston Street Railway

Accidents and incidents	1990 Back Bay 2008 Waban/Woodland

Other

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