Copley (MBTA station)

COPLEY
Outbound platform
Location	640 Boylston Street at Copley Square Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°21′01″N 71°04′39″W / 42.35028°N 71.07750°W / 42.35028; -71.07750Coordinates: 42°21′01″N 71°04′39″W / 42.35028°N 71.07750°W / 42.35028; -71.07750
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Green Line (all branches)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	October 3, 1914
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	14,021 (weekday average boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Hynes Convention Center toward Boston College Green Line "B" Branch Arlington toward Park Street Hynes Convention Center toward Riverside Green Line "D" Branch Arlington toward Government Center Hynes Convention Center toward Cleveland Circle Green Line "C" Branch Arlington toward North Station Prudential toward Heath Street Green Line "E" Branch Arlington toward Lechmere   Former service   Hynes Convention Center toward Watertown Yard Green Line "A" Branch discontinued 1969 Arlington toward Park Street

Copley is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line subway, located in the Back Bay section of Boston, Massachusetts. Located in and named after Copley Square, the station has entrances and exits along Boylston Street and Dartmouth Street.

Copley is fully handicapped accessible, following extensive station renovation completed in 2011. The renovation project was subject to a significant court case regarding the project's effects on the Old South Church.

Copley Station was opened October 3, 1914, as part of the Boylston Street Subway, an extension of the original Tremont Street Subway. The ornate wrought-iron head house next to the Boston Public Library was designed by the firm Fox, Jenny & Gale. Originally Copley had light blue and white tile mosaic for the station name on the walls; however, none of these have survived.

As a "key station" on the MBTA system, Copley was a priority for the MBTA to make handicapped accessible under the Light Rail Accessibility Program. A 1995 MBTA report identified possible elevator locations for the station, noting potential conflicts with the historic Old South Church and the Boston Public Library McKim Building, both of which are National Historic Landmarks. The MBTA finished design plans in 2002; representatives from the church and the library approved the plans. These plans placed the outbound elevator next to the church, and the inbound elevator next to the library steps.

In August 2003, the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay (NABB) asked the MBTA to move the outbound elevator across the street from the church, and the inbound elevator 150 feet (46 m) away from the library steps. In response, an MBTA preservation consultant prepared a report analyzing the impacts of the proposal. Based on this, the Federal Transit Administration issued a decision of "no adverse effect", with which the Massachusetts Historical Commission concurred in January 2004.

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