Newton Street station is a street-level bus station on the Washington Street branch of the MBTA Silver Line bus rapid transit service. It is located on Washington Street just south of East Newton Street and West Newton Street in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts near the Boston University Medical Campus. The stop is served by the SL4 and SL5 Silver Line routes as well as several local MBTA bus routes. Like all Silver Line stops, Newton Street is accessible.
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General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | Washington Street at Newton Street Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°20′19″N 71°04′26″W / 42.3387°N 71.0738°W | ||||||||||||||
Connections | MBTA bus: 8, 10 | ||||||||||||||
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Bicycle facilities | 2 spaces | ||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | July 20, 2002[1] | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
2012 | 1,570 (weekday average boardings)[2] | ||||||||||||||
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Silver Line service on Washington Street began on July 20, 2002, replacing the route 49 bus. Service levels doubled on October 15, 2009, with the introduction of the SL4 route.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
- ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
External links
editMedia related to Newton Street station at Wikimedia Commons