Back Bay station

Back Bay Station
The Dartmouth Street entrance to the station in 2024
General information
Location145 Dartmouth Street
Boston, Massachusetts
United States
Coordinates42°20′50″N 71°04′32″W / 42.3473°N 71.0755°W / 42.3473; -71.0755
Owned byMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)Attleboro Line (Northeast Corridor)
Southwest Corridor (Orange Line)
Worcester Main Line
Platforms1 island platform, 1 side platform (Northeast Corridor)
1 island platform (Orange Line)
1 island platform (Framingham/Worcester Line)
Tracks3 (Northeast Corridor)
2 (Orange Line)
2 (Framingham/Worcester Line)
ConnectionsBus transport MBTA bus: 10, 39
Construction
Bicycle facilities40 spaces in "Pedal and Park" bicycle cage
30 outside spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: BBY
IATA codeZTY
Fare zone1A (MBTA Commuter Rail)
History
Opened1880 (Columbus Avenue)
1899 (Back Bay, Trinity Place, Huntington Avenue)
Rebuilt1929; May 4, 1987 (modern station)
Passengers
FY201915,646 daily boardings[1] (Orange Line)
20188,103 daily boardings[2] (Commuter Rail)
FY 2023750,036 annual boardings and alightings[3] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Route 128 Acela Boston South
Terminus
Framingham
toward Chicago
Lake Shore Limited
Route 128 Northeast Regional
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Lansdowne
toward Worcester
Framingham/​Worcester Line South Station
Terminus
Ruggles Needham Line
Ruggles Providence/​Stoughton Line
Ruggles Franklin/​Foxboro Line
weekdays
Dedham Corporate Center
toward Foxboro
Foxboro event service
Massachusetts Avenue Orange Line Tufts Medical Center
toward Oak Grove
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Newton
toward Albany
Boston and Albany Railroad
Main Line
Boston
Terminus
Allston
toward Albany
Longwood
toward Riverside
Highland branch
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Mount Hope
toward Dedham
Dedham Branch
Closed 1967
South Station
Terminus
Roslindale Village
toward Millis
Millis Branch
Closed 1967
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Forest Hills
toward New Haven
Shore Line Boston
Terminus
Roslindale Village
toward Woonsocket
Charles River Line Terminus
Proposed services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Ruggles South Coast Rail
Phase 2 (2030)
South Station
Terminus
Location
Map

Back Bay station (also signed as Back Bay · South End) is an intermodal passenger station in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located just south of Copley Square in Boston's Back Bay and South End neighborhoods. It serves MBTA Commuter Rail and MBTA subway routes, and also serves as a secondary Amtrak intercity rail station for Boston. The present building, designed by Kallmann McKinnell & Wood, opened in 1987. It replaced the New Haven Railroad's older Back Bay station – which opened in 1928 as a replacement for an 1899-built station – as well as the New York Central's Huntington Avenue and Trinity Place stations which had been demolished in 1964.

Although South Station is Boston's primary rail hub, Back Bay maintains high traffic levels due to its location in the Back Bay neighborhood near the Prudential Center development and its access to important Northeast Corridor services. All Amtrak Acela Express and Northeast Regional trains running to and from South Station stop at Back Bay, as does the Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited. Four MBTA Commuter Rail routes – the Providence/Stoughton Line, Franklin/Foxboro Line, Needham Line, and Framingham/Worcester Line – also stop at Back Bay, as do the Orange Line subway and several local MBTA bus routes. It is the third-busiest MBTA Commuter Rail station (after North Station and South Station) and the sixth-busiest MBTA subway station.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b "A Guide to Ridership Data". MassDOT/MBTA Office of Performance Management and Innovation. June 22, 2020. p. 6.
  2. ^ a b Central Transportation Planning Staff (2019). "2018 Commuter Rail Counts". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
  3. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: Commonwealth of Massachusetts" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.