Hynes Convention Center (MBTA station)

HYNES CONVENTION CENTER
Hynes Convention Center station in January 2014
Location	360 Newbury Street Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°20′52.1″N 71°5′16.18″W / 42.347806°N 71.0878278°W / 42.347806; -71.0878278Coordinates: 42°20′52.1″N 71°5′16.18″W / 42.347806°N 71.0878278°W / 42.347806; -71.0878278
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Green Line "B", "C", "D" branches
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA Bus: CT1, 1, 55
History
Opened	October 3, 1914; 102 years ago (1914-10-03)
Rebuilt	2019 (planned)
Previous names	Massachusetts (1914–1965) Auditorium (1965–1990) Hynes Convention Center/ICA (1990–2006)
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	8,946 (weekday average boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Kenmore toward Boston College Green Line "B" Branch Copley toward Park Street Kenmore toward Riverside Green Line "D" Branch Copley toward Government Center Kenmore toward Cleveland Circle Green Line "C" Branch Copley toward North Station   Former service   Kenmore toward Watertown Green Line "A" Branch discontinued 1969 Copley toward Park Street

Hynes Convention Center is an underground light rail station on the MBTA Green Line, located at the intersection of Newbury Street and Massachusetts Avenue at the western end of the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It was opened by the Boston Elevated Railway (BERy) in 1914 as a transfer station between east-west streetcars running in the Boylston Street Subway to the Tremont Street Subway, and north-south streetcars on Massachusetts Avenue. The surface cars were replaced by buses in the mid-20th century; Hynes is still a transfer location to the key route 1 bus and two other MBTA bus routes.

The subway station is not currently wheelchair accessible, although a renovation to the station is planned around 2019 as part of air rights development over the adjacent Massachusetts Turnpike. Like all MBTA bus stops, the surface-level stop is fully accessible.

Construction of the Boylston Street Subway, a westward extension of the 1897-built Tremont Street Subway, began in March 1912. Stations were located to serve Copley Square - a major civic center - and the Massachusetts Avenue thoroughfare. The tunnel including Massachusetts station opened on October 3, 1914.

Just east of the station, the subway curves slightly to the north to parallel the Boston and Albany Railroad (B&A), located below grade in a trench. West of the station, a reverse curve aligned the tunnel with Newbury Street. Massachusetts station was thus located roughly parallel to the B&A tracks and oblique to the Back Bay street grid. Although located below street level, much of the station was actually built in open air due to the adjacent trench.