New England Medical Center (MBTA station)

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New England Medical Center MBTA rapid transit and bus rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	750 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°20′55″N 71°03′52″W / 42.3486°N 71.0645°W / 42.3486; -71.0645Coordinates: 42°20′55″N 71°03′52″W / 42.3486°N 71.0645°W / 42.3486; -71.0645
Lines	Orange Line      Silver Line (Washington Street branch)
Other information
Opened	May 4, 1987 (Orange Line) July 30, 2002 (Silver Line)
Accessible
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Back Bay toward Forest Hills Orange Line Chinatown toward Oak Grove Herald Street toward Dudley Square Silver Line Washington Street Boylston One-way operation Chinatown toward Downtown Crossing

New England Medical Center is a rapid transit station located along Boston's Orange Line subway and Silver Line bus rapid transit system.

It is named for Tufts-New England Medical Center (now 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.

It was built during 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, but was not put into service until 1987.

[edit] Bus Connections

• 6 South Station - Haymarket via North End
• 11 City Point - Downtown via Bayview
• 43 Ruggles Station - Park Street & Tremont Street via Tremont Street

[edit] Artwork

The modern artwork displayed beside each of the two escalators to the train platforms was installed circa 1990 and consists 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, reports:

"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."^[1]

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