Park Street

Park Street Station MBTA light rail and rapid transit station
An Entrance to the MBTA's Park Street Station in Boston Mass, August 2008
Station statistics
Address	Corner of Boston Common at intersection of Tremont, Park and Winter Streets, Downtown Boston
Coordinates	42°21′23.11″N 71°3′45.33″W / 42.3564194°N 71.0625917°W / 42.3564194; -71.0625917 (Park Street MBTA Station)Coordinates: 42°21′23.11″N 71°3′45.33″W / 42.3564194°N 71.0625917°W / 42.3564194; -71.0625917 (Park Street MBTA Station)
Lines	Red Line      Green Line (All Branches)
Connections	Orange Line      Silver Line (Via walkway leading to Downtown Crossing Station)
Other information
Opened	September 3, 1897 (Green Line) March 23, 1912 (Red Line) July 30, 2002 (Silver Line)
Accessible
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Boylston toward Boston College Green Line "B" Branch Government Center Terminus Boylston toward Riverside Green Line "D" Branch Boylston toward Cleveland Circle Green Line "C" Branch Government Center toward North Station Boylston toward Heath Street Green Line "E" Branch Government Center toward Lechmere Charles/MGH toward Alewife Red Line Downtown Crossing toward Ashmont or Braintree     Connecting lines     Chinatown toward Forest Hills Orange Line Transfer at: Downtown Crossing State toward Oak Grove Chinatown toward Dudley Square Silver Line Washington Street Transfer at: Downtown Crossing Boylston toward Downtown Crossing

Park Street Station of the MBTA, located at the intersection of Park Street and Tremont Street in Boston at a corner of Boston Common, is the main transfer point between the Green Line and the Red Line. Throughout the green and red lines, trains labeled "inbound" are headed towards this station, Downtown Crossing, or Government Center while those labeled "outbound" are headed away.

The Green Line portion of this station was originally constructed in 1897, making it one of the two oldest subway stations in the United States, along with Boylston. The Red Line portion beneath it, sometimes called Park Street Under, was constructed in 1912.

Park Street station is the only subway station in the system with six tracks. Tracks 1–4 are located on the Green line level while tracks 5 & 6 are located on the Red Line level.

Facilities

• Underground Winter Street Concourse to Downtown Crossing, for a connection to the Orange Line and Silver Line buses.

Nearby destinations

• the Massachusetts State House, seat of the state's government
• Boston Common
• Suffolk University
• Emerson College
• Freedom Trail
• the Boston Paulist Center
• theater and cinema
• shops and restaurants

Bus connections

• 43 Ruggles Station
• 55 Jersey & Queensberry via Copley Sq. & Ipswich St.

Accessibility

Park Street Station is wheelchair accessible, after a renovation completed in 2004. The Red Line station has both island and side platforms (known as the "Spanish solution"). Only the island platform has elevator access. See also: MBTA accessibility.

Gallery

Park Street Station, streetcar (now Green Line) platforms, circa 1898	Park Street Station, Green Line platforms, December 2004
Park Street Under, Red Line platforms, January 2005	Two trains at Park Street. Left, Type 7 Kinki-Sharyo train bound for Boston College. Background, Type 8 Ansaldo-Breda train departs for Government Center
Wall mural at the Park Street stop, September 2006

Trivia

Park Street makes a cameo appearance in the first paragraph of the 1927 H. P. Lovecraft story, "Pickman's Model." It also appears near the end of his 1936 novella "At the Mountains of Madness."

External links

• MBTA Red & Green Lines -- Park Street Station
• nycsubway.org - Historical photo of Park Street in 1980
• nycsubway.org - Another historical photo of Park Street in 1980