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Boston Back Bay

BACK BAY
BACK BAY
Dartmouth Street facade of Back Bay station, March 2017.JPG
Front entrance viewed from Dartmouth Street in 2017
Location 145 Dartmouth Street
Boston, Massachusetts
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
Owned by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s) Northeast Corridor
Orange Line
Framingham/Worcester Line
Platforms 1 island platform, 1 side platform (Northeast Corridor)
1 island platform (Orange Line)
1 island platform (Framingham/Worcester Line)
Tracks 3 (Northeast Corridor)
2 (Orange Line)
2 (Framingham/Worcester Line)
Connections Local Transit MBTA Bus: 10, 39, 170
Construction
Parking No MBTA parking; adjacent private garage
Bicycle facilities 40 spaces in "Pedal and Park" bicycle cage
30 outside spaces
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code BBY (Amtrak)
Fare zone 1A (MBTA Commuter Rail)
History
Opened 1880 (Columbus Avenue); 1899 (Back Bay, Trinity Place, Huntington Avenue)
Rebuilt 1929; May 4, 1987 (modern station)
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 626,003 Increase 2.37% (Amtrak)
Passengers (2013) 18,100 daily boardings (Orange Line)
Passengers (2012) 7,995 daily boardings (Commuter Rail)
Services
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak   Following station
Acela Express
Terminus
Northeast Regional
toward Chicago
Lake Shore Limited
MBTA.svg MBTA
toward Worcester
Framingham/Worcester Line
Terminus
Needham Line
Franklin Line
Providence/Stoughton Line
toward Forest Hills
Orange Line
toward Oak Grove
Former services
MBTA.svg MBTA
toward Dedham
Dedham Branch
Closed 1967
Terminus
toward Millis
Millis Branch
Closed 1967
Location
Back Bay station is located in Boston
Back Bay station

Back Bay station is a transit station in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located just south of Copley Square in Boston's Back Bay and South End neighborhoods, and serves intercity rail, commuter rail, and rapid transit lines. The present building, designed by Kallmann McKinnell & Wood, opened in 1987. It replaced the New Haven Railroad's older Back Bay station - which opened in 1928 as a replacement for an 1899-built station - as well as the New York Central's Huntington Avenue and Trinity Place stations which had been demolished in 1964.

Although South Station is Boston's primary southside rail hub, Back Bay maintains high traffic levels due to its location in the Back Bay near the Prudential Center development and its access to important Northeast Corridor services. All Amtrak Acela Express and Northeast Regional trains running to and from South Station stop at Back Bay, as does the daily Lake Shore Limited long-distance train. Four MBTA Commuter Rail routes - the Providence/Stoughton Line, Franklin Line, Needham Line, and Framingham/Worcester Line - also stop at Back Bay, as do the Orange Line subway and several local MBTA Bus routes. It is the third-busiest MBTA Commuter Rail station (after North Station and South Station) and the fifth-busiest MBTA subway station.


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