Downtown Crossing station

Downtown Crossing
A northbound Orange Line train leaving Downtown Crossing station in April 2024
General information
Location	Summer Street at Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°21′19″N 71°03′38″W / 42.35536°N 71.06068°W / 42.35536; -71.06068
Line(s)	Washington Street Tunnel Cambridge-Dorchester Tunnel
Platforms	2 side platforms (Orange Line) 2 side platforms (Red Line)
Tracks	2 (Orange Line) 2 (Red Line)
Connections	MBTA bus: 7, 11, 501, 504, 505      Green Line and MBTA bus 43 at Park Street (via Winter Street Concourse)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	November 30, 1908 (Orange Line) April 4, 1915 (Red Line) July 24, 2002 (Silver Line)
Previous names	Washington (Red Line, 1915–1987; Orange Line, 1967–1987) Winter–Summer (Orange Line, 1908–1967)
Passengers
FY2019	24,074 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Chinatown toward Forest Hills Orange Line State toward Oak Grove Park Street toward Alewife Red Line South Station toward Ashmont or Braintree Boylston toward Nubian Silver Line SL5 Terminus Chinatown One-way operation
Track layout SL5 is omitted Legend to Oak Grove to Alewife to Ashmont or Braintree   Walkway to Park Street to Forest Hills
Location

Downtown Crossing station (often known as DTX^[2]) is an underground Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) rapid transit station located in the Downtown Crossing retail district in the downtown core of Boston, Massachusetts. It is served by the Orange Line and Red Line, and is one of four "hub stations" on the MBTA subway system. Downtown Crossing is also a major bus transfer location serving 13 MBTA bus routes, including one Silver Line route. It is the second busiest subway station in the MBTA network (behind only South Station), with an average of 24,074 entries per weekday in FY2019.^[1]

The Washington Street Tunnel carrying the Main Line (later the Orange Line) opened in 1908, with platforms called Summer and Winter. The Dorchester Tunnel carrying the Cambridge–Dorchester Line (now the Red Line) opened in 1915, with its station called Washington. The MBTA renamed the whole station complex as Washington in 1967, then Downtown Crossing in 1987. Major renovations took place in the 1970s and 1980s. Silver Line service began in 2002.