Andrew (MBTA station)
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 An MBTA Red Line train departs Andrew Station |
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| Address | Andrew Square at the intersection of Dorchester Avenue and Southampton Street, South Boston, MA 02127 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°19′49″N 71°03′26″W / 42.33019°N 71.05712°WCoordinates: 42°19′49″N 71°03′26″W / 42.33019°N 71.05712°W | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | June 29, 1918[1] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1993 | ||||||||||
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| Owned by | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2009) | 5,586 (weekday average boardings)[2] | ||||||||||
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Andrew is a station on the MBTA Red Line at Andrew Square in South Boston, Massachusetts. The station is located at the intersection of several major thoroughfares, including Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester Street, Southampton Street, and Boston Street. Andrew is the primary transfer point between the Red Line subway and the MBTA surface bus routes into South Boston. It is fully wheelchair accessible.
The station opened in June 1918 as the southern terminus of the Cambridge-Dorchester Tunnel. It was the terminus until November 1927, when Columbia, Savin Hill, and Fields Corner stations opened on the Ashmont Branch.[1] After political requests and lobbying efforts by the local community, the station underwent extensive renovation from 1990 to 1993 with a new bus shed and underground connections. The station includes the "Andrew Station Time Capsule", a public art installation by Ross Miller of 14 stainless steel boxes suspended over the tracks containing items collected from riders during station renovation in 1993. The boxes are to be opened in 2068, 75 years after their installation. The restored original wood frame toll taker's booth from the 1920s is installed as a permanent display in the inbound-outbound crossover lobby.
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[edit] Bus connections
- CT3 : Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center via BU Medical Center
- 5: City Point – McCormack Housing via Andrew Station
- 10: City Point – Copley Square via Andrew Station & BU Medical Center
- 16: Forest Hills Station – Andrew Station or UMass via Columbia Road
- 17: Fields Corner Station - Andrew Station via Uphams Corner & Edward Everett Square
- 18: Ashmont Station – Andrew Station via Fields Corner Station
- 171: Dudley Station - Logan Airport via Andrew Station (limited early-morning service)
[edit] Nearby destinations
- Carson Beach
- UMass Boston
- South Bay Center (a large mall)
- Boston Medical Center
- Harbor Walk (a several mile foot, jogging and bike path from J.F.K. Library to Castle Island/Pleasure Bay.)
- South Bay House of Correction (Suffolk Country jail)
[edit] References
- ^ a b O'Regan, Gerry (2005). "MBTA Red Line". NYCSubway.org. http://world.nycsubway.org/us/boston/red.html. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2010. http://www.mbta.com/uploadedfiles/documents/Bluebook%202010.pdf. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
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