Tufts Medical Center (MBTA station)

TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
Station statistics
Address	750 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42.3486°N 71.0645°W / 42.3486; -71.0645
Lines	Orange Line   Silver Line SL4, SL5
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	May 4, 1987 (Orange Line) July 30, 2002 (Silver Line)
Accessible
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Formerly	New England Medical Center (1987-2010)
Traffic
Passengers (2009 daily)	5,684
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Back Bay toward Forest Hills Orange Line Chinatown toward Oak Grove Herald Street toward Dudley Square Silver Line SL4 Chinatown toward South Station South Station One-way operation Silver Line SL5 Chinatown toward Downtown Crossing Boylston One-way operation
Location

Tufts Medical Center (formerly New England Medical Center) is an MBTA rapid transit station located along Boston's Orange Line subway and Silver Line bus rapid transit system.

It is named for Tufts Medical Center and is built under a wing of the facility that crosses over Washington Street in downtown Boston between Kneeland Street in Chinatown and the Massachusetts Turnpike. Like all Orange Line stations, it is fully wheelchair accessible.

The structural shell of the station was built in the late 1960s during what were to be the early stages of the abandoned Interstate 695 project, in anticipation of the future relocation of the Washington Street Elevated. The interior of the station was not finished, and equipment was not installed until the station was put into service in 1987. The station was originally named "New England Medical Center", but was renamed on March 19, 2010 after New England Medical Center changed its name to "Tufts Medical Center".

Silver Line service on Washington Street between Dudley and Downtown Crossing started on July 20, 2002. Additional service to South Station began on October 15, 2009.

Artwork

Around 1990, modern artwork was added to the station as part of the Arts on the Line program. Four abstract works, titled "Caravan", are displayed beside each of the two escalators to the train platforms. They consist of painted aluminum shapes that are the result of what the artist, Richard Gubernick, called "high-class doodling". According to Gubernick, who also has artwork displayed in LaSalle Station in Buffalo, New York:

"A lot of people ask me, does it move? Does it move? well, it looks like it does, but it doesn't....If you move it, you bought it."

At each station between Forest Hills and Tufts Medical Center, two granite columns have been inscribed with text. Those at Tufts are "Mr. Yee is in the Garden" by Maria Gordett and "The Great World Transformed" by Gish Jen.

Bus connections

Tufts Medical Center serves both routes of the Washington Street section of the Silver Line, which operates between downtown and Dudley. The SL4 section serves South Station, while the SL5 section serves Downtown Crossing and Boylston. The station also sees conventional bus service from the 11 City Point - Downtown via Bayview and 43 Ruggles Station - Park Street & Tremont Street via Tremont Street routes.

External links

• MBTA - Tufts Medical Center
• Media related to Tufts Medical Center (MBTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Washington Street entrance from Google Maps Street View