Ruggles (MBTA station)

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Orange Line and commuter rail trains at Ruggles
Location	Ruggles and Tremont Streets Roxbury Crossing, MA
Coordinates	42°20′10″N 71°05′22″W / 42.3362°N 71.0895°W / 42.3362; -71.0895Coordinates: 42°20′10″N 71°05′22″W / 42.3362°N 71.0895°W / 42.3362; -71.0895
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Orange Line   Franklin Line   Needham Line   Providence/Stoughton Line
Platforms	1 island platform (Orange Line) 1 island platform (Commuter Rail)
Tracks	2 (Orange Line) 3 (Commuter Rail)
Construction
Bicycle facilities	12 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1A (commuter rail)
History
Opened	May 4, 1987 (Orange Line) October 5, 1987 (Commuter Rail)
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	1,690 daily boardings (Commuter Rail)
Passengers (2013)	12,433 daily boardings (Orange Line)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Hyde Park toward Forge Park/495 Franklin Line Back Bay toward South Station Forest Hills toward Needham Heights Needham Line Hyde Park toward Wickford Junction or Stoughton Providence/Stoughton Line Roxbury Crossing toward Forest Hills Orange Line Mass Ave toward Oak Grove
Location

Ruggles is an intermodal transfer station serving MBTA rapid transit, bus, and commuter rail services. It is located at the intersection of Ruggles and Tremont streets, where the Roxbury, Fenway-Kenmore and Mission Hill neighborhoods meet. The station occupies the site that was previously the South End Grounds, home of the former Boston Braves from 1871 to 1914. It is surrounded by the campus of Northeastern University.

Ruggles is a station stop for the Orange Line subway, as well as the Providence/Stoughton Line, Franklin Line, and Needham Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system. Thirteen bus routes stop at Ruggles, including four of the fifteen key MBTA bus routes.

Ruggles station opened on May 4, 1987 and was built as part of an Orange Line realignment project which relocated the former Washington Street Elevated Orange Line service into the Southwest Corridor. Commuter rail service to the station began on October 5, 1987. Ruggles is located at milepost 226.5, 1.1 miles from Back Bay and 2.2 miles from South Station.

A total of five tracks run through the station: two for the Orange Line and three for commuter rail. Of the three commuter rail tracks (also used by Amtrak, which does not stop), only tracks 1 and 3 serve the station; track 2 (the far inbound track) bypasses it. The main bus boarding area is located next to track 2.

Ruggles was a proposed stop on the MBTA's planned Urban Ring Project. The Urban Ring was to be a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line designed to connect the current MBTA Lines to reduce strain on the downtown stations; however, it has been shelved indefinitely.