Haymarket (MBTA station)

HAYMARKET HAYMARKET
Green Line inbound platform
Location	Congress Avenue at New Sudbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°21′48″N 71°03′30″W / 42.3633°N 71.0582°W / 42.3633; -71.0582Coordinates: 42°21′48″N 71°03′30″W / 42.3633°N 71.0582°W / 42.3633; -71.0582
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Green Line "C", "D"(off peak hours only) and "E" branch   Orange Line
Platforms	2 side platforms (Orange Line) 1 island platform (Green Line)
Tracks	4 (2 for each line)
Construction
Parking	No MBTA parking; private garage available
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 3, 1898 (original station for Green Line) November 30, 1908 (Orange Line)
Rebuilt	May 10, 1971 (current station for Green Line); 2000
Previous names	Friend and Union (Orange Line)
Traffic
Passengers (2013 daily)	11,469
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Government Center toward Cleveland Circle Green Line "C" Branch North Station Terminus Government Center toward Heath Street Green Line "E" Branch North Station toward Lechmere State toward Forest Hills Orange Line North Station toward Oak Grove   Former services   Boston Elevated Railway Scollay Square toward Dudley Main Line Elevated 1901-1908 North Station toward Sullivan Square Adams Square One-way operation
Location

Haymarket is an MBTA subway station serving the Green and Orange lines, located at the corner of Congress and New Sudbury streets in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Haymarket allows transfers between the Orange and Green lines, as does North Station one stop to the north. Haymarket was named for Haymarket Square, which has served as a produce market since around 1830.

Unusually, the two subway lines that converge at Haymarket are not stacked vertically underground, but instead are parallel at approximately the same level. The Orange Line access consists of two side platforms to serve the line's two tracks, while the Green Line is served by a single island platform which is divided mostly in half by a wall. Passenger transfers between lines require changing levels via stairs or elevator, so it may be preferable to transfer at more-spacious North Station, which also allows convenient cross-platform transfers for inbound trips.

The station is fully wheelchair accessible.

The Tremont Street Subway (future Green Line), including Haymarket, was built starting in 1894 and opened on September 3, 1898. The original trolley station was much more spacious than the current station, and consisted of four tracks with a pair of island platforms. The inner pair of tracks served cars from the northern suburbs which turned at Brattle Loop at Scollay Square (now Government Center) station, while the outer tracks served streetcars that ran through the entire Tremont Street Subway to the Public Gardens Portal and Pleasant Street Portal. All cars entered the subway through the Canal Street Incline just north of Haymarket.