World Trade Center (MBTA station)

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World Trade Center Station
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the Charlie Card collection system at the World Trade Center Station.
Station statistics
Address Congress Street at C St. / World Trade Center Avenue, South Boston Waterfront
Lines      Silver Line
Parking none
Bicycle facilities none
Other information
Opened December 17, 2004
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Services
Preceding station   MBTA.svg MBTA   Following station
Silver Line
Silver Line

The World Trade Center station is a transportation station in Boston, Massachusetts, on the MBTA's Silver Line. The station is located on Congress Street at C St./World Trade Center Avenue on the South Boston Waterfront. It is between Boston's World Trade Center and Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, and near Commonwealth Pier and a seasonal ferry to Provincetown, Massachusetts.

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[edit] Accessibility

The station is fully accessible (see MBTA accessibility) and offers connections between Silver Line routes.

[edit] Station Design

The station was designed by G plus G Architects. Its mezzanine level is intended to represent an underwater environment, with blue lighting, an undulating ceiling and sandy, mica-flecked stone tiles. Lenticular art designed by Marybeth Mungovan and Jason Asselin is installed on the lobby level of the station.

[edit] Notable Places Nearby

The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

[edit] Future Plans

World Trade Center Station is a proposed stop on the MBTA's planned Urban Ring Project.[1] The Urban Ring will be a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line designed to connect the current MBTA Lines to reduce strain on the downtown stations.

[edit] References

  1. ^ https://www.commentmgr.com/projects/1169/docs/URnews0105c.pdf

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 42°20′53.84″N 71°2′33.23″W / 42.3482889°N 71.0425639°W / 42.3482889; -71.0425639