Chinatown

Chinatown
Station statistics
Address	640 Washington Street and 1 Boylston Street Boston, MA
Coordinates	42°21′08″N 71°03′46″W / 42.3522°N 71.0627°W / 42.3522; -71.0627Coordinates: 42°21′08″N 71°03′46″W / 42.3522°N 71.0627°W / 42.3522; -71.0627
Lines	Orange Line      Silver Line
Other information
Opened	November 30, 1908 (Orange Line) July 20, 2002 (Silver Line)
Accessible
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Tufts Medical Center toward Forest Hills Orange Line Downtown Crossing toward Oak Grove Tufts Medical Center One-way operation Silver Line Washington St. SL5 Downtown Crossing Terminus Tufts Medical Center One-way operation Silver Line Washington St. SL4 South Station toward Dudley

Chinatown is an MBTA subway station on the Orange Line, located at the intersection of Washington and Boylston Streets, roughly at the northwestern corner of Boston, Massachusetts' Chinatown neighborhood.

The station serves the neighborhood and is also a transfer point for Silver Line buses on the Washington Street section of the line.

The station originally opened in 1908. Before the 1987 renovation and re-routing of the Orange Line it was named Essex, after Essex Street, which Boylston Street comes near this station. Until 1967, one platform was named Essex and the other Boylston (not to be confused with the nearby Boylston station on the Green Line).

Accessibility

Like all stations on the Orange Line, this station is wheelchair accessible.

Attractions

• Boston's Chinatown
• Theater District

Bus Connections

• 6 South Station - Haymarket via North End

External links

• The MBTA's official page for this station
• Photo of this station at world.nycsubway.org