Ruggles station

Ruggles
Commuter Rail and Orange Line trains at Ruggles in 2021
General information
LocationRuggles Street at Tremont Street
Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′10″N 71°05′22″W / 42.3362°N 71.0895°W / 42.3362; -71.0895
Line(s)Attleboro Line (Northeast Corridor, Southwest Corridor)
Platforms
Tracks
  • 2 (Orange Line)
  • 3 (Northeast Corridor)
ConnectionsBus transport MBTA bus: 8, 15, 19, 22, 23, 28, 43, 44, 45, 47, CT2, CT3
Construction
Bicycle facilities12 spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone1A (Commuter Rail)
History
Opened
  • May 4, 1987 (Orange Line)
  • October 5, 1987 (Commuter Rail)
Passengers
20182,640 daily boardings[1] (Commuter Rail)
FY20199,199 daily boardings[2] (Orange Line)
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Forest Hills
limited service
Franklin/​Foxboro Line
weekdays
Back Bay
Forest Hills Needham Line
Forest Hills
limited service
Providence/​Stoughton Line
Roxbury Crossing Orange Line Massachusetts Avenue
toward Oak Grove
Proposed services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Hyde Park South Coast Rail
Phase 2 (2030)
Back Bay
Location
Map

Ruggles station is an intermodal transfer station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) rapid transit, bus, and commuter rail services and is located at the intersection of Ruggles and Tremont streets, where the Roxbury, Fenway–Kenmore, and Mission Hill neighborhoods meet. It is surrounded by the campus of Northeastern University. Ruggles is a station stop for the Orange Line subway, as well as the Providence/Stoughton Line, Franklin/Foxboro Line, and Needham Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system. Thirteen MBTA bus routes stop at Ruggles.

Ruggles station opened in 1987 as part of the Southwest Corridor, replacing Dudley Street Terminal as the main bus transfer station for much of Roxbury and Dorchester. The station originally had a single island platform serving the Northeast Corridor tracks, which meant not all commuter rail trains could stop at the station. Construction of an additional side platform, replacements of four elevators, and reconstruction of the busway took place from 2017 to 2021. A second phase is planned to add additional entrances to the Orange Line and commuter rail platforms.

  1. ^ Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  2. ^ "A Guide to Ridership Data". MassDOT/MBTA Office of Performance Management and Innovation. June 22, 2020. p. 8.