Wood Island (MBTA station)

WOOD ISLAND
Wood Island station in January 2013
Location	450 Bennington Street East Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°22′47″N 71°01′23″W / 42.3797°N 71.0230°W / 42.3797; -71.0230Coordinates: 42°22′47″N 71°01′23″W / 42.3797°N 71.0230°W / 42.3797; -71.0230
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Bicycle facilities	10
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	January 5, 1952
Previous names	Day Square(1952-1954) Wood Island Park (1954-1967)
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	2,507 (weekday average boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Airport toward Bowdoin Blue Line Orient Heights toward Wonderland

Wood Island is a grade-level rapid transit station on the MBTA Blue Line, located off Bennington Street (Route 145) in the Day Square section of East Boston, Massachusetts. The station also serves as a bus transfer point for several local MBTA Bus routes.

The station is adjacent to the former Wood Island Park, a once heavily used recreational area for East Boston residents. Most of the park was destroyed in the mid 1960s to expand Logan International Airport.

The narrow gauge Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad (BRB&L) opened from East Boston to Lynn on July 29, 1875.

Wood Island station was located at Prescott Street in what was then the Wood Island neighborhood, approximately at 42°22′28.6″N 71°1′25.45″W / 42.374611°N 71.0237361°W / 42.374611; -71.0237361. It opened along with the rest of the line on July 29, 1875. The station was abandoned when the BRB&L ceased operations in 1940, and demolished several years later during expansion of Logan Airport. The station site is now occupied by aviation support businesses.