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 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

The station is fully accessible and offers connections among Silver Line routes.

Layout and design

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

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

External links

• MBTA Silver Line -- WTC Station
• Provincetown ferry

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)	Silver Line Crosstown routes Key routes Trackless trolleys Routes East Boston, Chelsea, Revere Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield South Boston
Other services	Boat The Ride
Component parts of system lines	Boylston Street Subway      Haymarket North Extension      Lechmere Viaduct      Tremont Street Subway
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	Accessibility Arts on the Line Bicycling CharlieCard Grand Junction Railroad "Charlie on the M.T.A." Nomenclature Police                Winter Street Concourse Yards and maintenance facilities