Silver Line Way (MBTA station)

SILVER LINE WAY
Buses at the outbound platform at Silver Line Way
Location	Silver Line Way at Pumphouse Road South Boston Waterfront
Coordinates	42°20′50″N 71°02′19″W / 42.3472°N 71.0386°W / 42.3472; -71.0386Coordinates: 42°20′50″N 71°02′19″W / 42.3472°N 71.0386°W / 42.3472; -71.0386
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Silver Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	December 17, 2004
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	870 (weekday boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station World Trade Center toward South Station Silver Line SL1 Logan Airport Terminus Silver Line SL2 306 Northern Ave. toward Design Center   Future services   World Trade Center toward South Station Silver Line SL6 Opening 2017 Airport toward Chelsea   Former services   World Trade Center toward South Station Silver Line SL3 Closed 2009 21 Dry Dock Ave. toward City Point

Silver Line Way is a surface bus rapid transit station on the MBTA Silver Line, located on Silver Line Way at Pumphouse Road between Massport Haul Road (Trilling Street) and D Street near the South Boston Waterfront. The station is a block south of the Boston Fish Pier; it also serves the Boston Renaissance Waterfront Hotel and the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion.

Changeover between diesel and overhead electric power takes place at the station, similar to Airport Station on the Blue Line. There is a small storage area for trolley buses. The station is the first station at the surface when going outbound from South Station; Courthouse and World Trade Center are both in the Waterfront Tunnel. Like all Silver Line stations, Silver Line Way is fully accessible for wheelchair users.

The South Boston Transitway between South Station and Silver Line Way opened on December 17, 2004, and SL2 and SL3 service to the Waterfront and City Point areas began on December 31, 2004. Silver Line Way served as the transfer point between these services and buses to Logan Airport beginning in January 2005 until SL1 through service began 5 months later on June 29. SL3 service ended in October 2009 due to low ridership, as the service was in direct competition to the more frequent route 7 bus.

Present service consists of through trips on the SL1 route to Logan Airport and the SL2 route to Design Center (Waterfront), with some additional rush hour trips that short-turn at Silver Line Way. A bus lane loops around the outbound side platform to allow the short turn buses to turn back to stop at the inbound platform and continue into the Transitway.