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Boston South Station

SOUTH STATION
South Station from Dewey Square, September 2011.jpg
The historic South Station headhouse facing Atlantic Avenue
Location 700 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA 02110
Owned by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Platforms 7
Tracks 13
Connections Bus Terminal Bus Terminal
BSicon SUBWAY.svg South Station Under
Construction
Parking privately owned garage
Bicycle facilities bike lockers
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code BOS (Amtrak)
Fare zone 1A (MBTA Commuter Rail)
History
Opened 1899 (Mainline station)
Rebuilt 1985
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 21,772 daily boardings (MBTA Commuter Rail)
Passengers (FY2016) 1,574,450 Increase 1.96% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak   Following station
Acela Express Terminus
toward Chicago
Lake Shore Limited
Northeast Regional
MBTA Commuter Rail
toward Worcester
Framingham/Worcester Line Terminus
Needham Line
Franklin Line
(limited service)
(special events)
Terminus
Providence/Stoughton Line
toward Readville
Fairmount Line
Terminus Greenbush Line
toward Greenbush
Kingston/Plymouth Line
toward Kingston or Plymouth
Middleborough/
Lakeville Line
CapeFLYER
toward Hyannis
  Former services  
MBTA Commuter Rail
toward Dedham
Dedham Branch
Closed 1967
Terminus
toward Millis
Millis Branch
Closed 1967
New York Central Railroad
toward Albany
Boston and Albany Railroad
Main Line
Terminus
toward Worcester
Worcester Line
South Station Headhouse
South Station is located in Boston
South Station
South Station is located in Massachusetts
South Station
South Station is located in the US
South Station
Location Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°21′07″N 71°03′19″W / 42.35194°N 71.05528°W / 42.35194; -71.05528Coordinates: 42°21′07″N 71°03′19″W / 42.35194°N 71.05528°W / 42.35194; -71.05528
Area 0.5 acres (0.2 ha)
Built 1899
Architect Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge; Norcross Bros.
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 75000299
Added to NRHP February 13, 1975

South Station — officially The Governor Michael S. Dukakis Transportation Center at South Station — is the largest railroad station and intercity bus terminal in Greater Boston and New England's second-largest transportation center after Logan International Airport. Located at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Summer Street in Dewey Square, Boston, Massachusetts, the historic station building was constructed in 1899 to replace the downtown terminals of several railroads. Today, it serves as a major intermodal domestic transportation hub, with service to the Greater Boston region and the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. It is used by thousands of commuter rail and intercity rail passengers daily. Connections to the rapid transit Red Line and Silver Line are made through the adjacent subway station.

The station was renamed for former Massachusetts governor Michael S. Dukakis in November 2014, though maps and station signs continue to use the shorter "South Station".

When the railroads serving Boston were first laid out and built, each one stopped at its own terminal. The four terminals serving the south-side railroads were as follows:

The Boston Terminal Company, established in 1897, was charged with the task of combining the four terminals into one consolidated terminal. South Station combined the four terminals in one spot (a union station).

South Station opened as South Central Station on January 1, 1899 at a cost of $3.6 million (1899 dollars). The architects were Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge of Boston, with the actual construction undertaken by the engineering firm of Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co. It became the busiest station in the world by 1913. A stop on the Atlantic Avenue Elevated served South Station from 1901 to 1938; what is now the Red Line subway was extended from Park Street to South Station in 1913. The train shed, originally one of the largest in the world, was eliminated in a 1930 renovation due to corrosion caused by the nearby ocean's salt air.


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