Park Street station (MBTA)

Park Street
A southbound Red Line train departing Park Street station in August 2024
General information
LocationTremont Street and Park Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°21′23″N 71°03′45″W / 42.3563°N 71.0625°W / 42.3563; -71.0625
Line(s)Cambridge Tunnel
Tremont Street subway
Platforms2 island platforms, 1 side platform (Green Line)
1 island platform, 2 side platforms (Red Line)
Tracks4 (upper level - Green Line)
2 (lower level - Red Line)
ConnectionsBus transport MBTA bus: 43
     Orange Line and MBTA bus at Downtown Crossing station (via Winter Street Concourse)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedSeptember 1, 1897 (1897-09-01) (upper level)
March 23, 1912 (1912-03-23) (lower level)
Rebuilt1915, 1936, 1977–79, 1980s, 2004, 2012
Passengers
FY201916,571 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Boylston Green Line Government Center
Terminus
Boylston Green Line
Boylston
toward Riverside
Green Line Government Center
Boylston Green Line Government Center
Charles/MGH
toward Alewife
Red Line Downtown Crossing
toward Ashmont or Braintree
Boylston
toward Nubian
Silver Line Terminus
Chinatown
One-way operation
Former services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Boylston
toward Watertown
Green Line
Discontinued 1969
Terminus
Preceding station Boston Elevated Railway Following station
Boylston
toward Dudley
Main Line Elevated
1901-1908
Scollay Square
Location
Map

Park Street station is an MBTA subway station in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located at the intersection of Park Street and Tremont Street at the eastern edge of Boston Common in Downtown Boston. One of the two oldest stations on the "T" (the other is Boylston), and part of the oldest subway line in the United States,[2] Park Street is the transfer point between the Green and Red lines, as one of the quartet of "hub stations" on the MBTA subway system. Park Street is the fifth-busiest station in the MBTA network, with an average of 16,571 entries each weekday in FY2019.[1]

  1. ^ a b "A Guide to Ridership Data". MassDOT/MBTA Office of Performance Management and Innovation. June 22, 2020. p. 6.
  2. ^ Most, Doug (January 26, 2014). "The bigger dig". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 6, 2024.