Back Bay

Back Bay Amtrak inter-city rail station MBTA commuter rail and rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	145 Dartmouth Street Boston, MA 02116-5162
Coordinates	42°20′50″N 71°04′32″W / 42.3473°N 71.0755°W / 42.3473; -71.0755Coordinates: 42°20′50″N 71°04′32″W / 42.3473°N 71.0755°W / 42.3473; -71.0755
Lines	Amtrak:      Acela Express      Lake Shore Limited      Northeast Regional MBTA:      Framingham/Worcester Line      Franklin Line      Needham Line      Providence/Stoughton Line      Orange Line
Connections	MBTA Bus, and Megabus
Platforms	Cross-platform
Other information
Opened	May 4, 1987
Accessible
Code	BBY (Amtrak)
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	424,605 ▲ 18.5% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Framingham toward Chicago Lake Shore Limited Boston South Station Terminus Route 128 toward Washington, D.C. Acela Express Route 128 toward Newport News or Lynchburg Northeast Regional Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Mass Ave toward Forest Hills Orange Line Tufts Medical Center toward Oak Grove Yawkey toward Worcester Framingham/Worcester Line South Station Terminus Ruggles toward Needham Heights Needham Line Ruggles toward Forge Park/495 Franklin Line Ruggles toward Providence or Stoughton Providence/Stoughton Line

Back Bay Station, located at 145 Dartmouth Street, between Stuart Street and Columbus Avenue, is a train station in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston. The present building was designed by Kallmann McKinnell & Wood.

It is serviced by Amtrak, featuring Acela Express and regional trains, and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) with access to Attleboro/Providence and Framingham/Worcester, Needham and Franklin commuter rail lines and the Orange Line. There is also a daily Amtrak train (Lake Shore Limited) to Chicago and access to local bus service.

Back Bay Station opened May 4, 1987 as part of the Orange Line's Southwest Corridor project and was dedicated by Governor Michael Dukakis. It replaced the 1899-built former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad station of the same name, of which some remnants can still be found at the eastern end of the present station facilities.

As Amtrak's Downeaster trains to Maine do not depart at Back Bay or South Station, travelers that wish to make a connection via subway are advised to disembark at this station and take the Orange Line to North Station, which is where Downeaster service terminates.

Bus Connections

MBTA:

• 10 City Point – Copley Square via Andrew Station & B.U. Medical Center
• 39 Back Bay – Forest Hills via Copley Square and Huntington Avenue
• 170 Central Square(Waltham)-[Dudley Station] Via Copley Square, Mass Pike/I-90

Megabus:

• M22 — Boston–New York via Hartford

An articulated MBTA Bus on the south end of Back Bay Station.

Accessibility

• Back Bay Station is wheelchair accessible.
• Other Amtrak stations on the Northeast Corridor are generally accessible.
• Back Bay Station has a full-length high-level platform for Amtrak Northeast Corridor and MBTA Attleboro/Providence trains but only a short high-level platform for MBTA Framingham/Worcester and Amtrak Chicago trains (which operate on tracks other than those used by the Northeast Corridor service).
• Some MBTA commuter rail stations have no wheelchair access, and many of those that do have short high-level platforms that only serve one or two cars.

References

See also

• Northeast Corridor
• North Station
• South Station
• North-South Rail Link

External links

• Amtrak - Stations - Back Bay

• Ridership figures, FY 2004
• Ridership figures, FY 2005
• Ridership figures, FY 2006
• Ridership figures, FY 2007
• Ridership figures, FY 2008

• MBTA - Back Bay Station
• Boston Back Bay Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- Train Web)
• "Back Bay station, November 16, 1960" - photograph, Railroad History Archive, University of Connecticut Libraries Collection.

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