Tufts Medical Center station

Tufts Medical Center
A northbound Orange Line train entering the station in 2024
General information
Location	750 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°20′55″N 71°03′52″W / 42.3486°N 71.0645°W / 42.3486; -71.0645
Line(s)	South Cove Tunnel
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA bus: 11, 43
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	May 4, 1987 (Orange Line) July 30, 2002 (Silver Line)[1]
Previous names	New England Medical Center (1987–2010)
Passengers
FY2019	5,976 boardings (weekday average)[2]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Back Bay toward Forest Hills Orange Line Chinatown toward Oak Grove Herald Street toward Nubian Silver Line SL4 Chinatown toward South Station Chinatown Gate One-way operation Silver Line SL5 Chinatown toward Downtown Crossing Boylston One-way operation
Location

Tufts Medical Center station is an underground Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) rapid transit station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA subway Orange Line, as well as two Silver Line bus rapid transit routes on the surface. It is named for the Tufts Medical Center and is built under a wing of the facility that crosses over Washington Street in downtown Boston between Kneeland Street in Chinatown and the Massachusetts Turnpike. The accessible station has two side platforms for the Orange Line.

Construction of the South Cove Tunnel and the station shell took place in 1968–1971 in preparation for a rerouting of the Orange Line into the Interstate 95 median. The highway project was cancelled; the right of way was reused as the Southwest Corridor. It opened in 1987, along with the New England Medical Center station. Silver Line service began in 2002. The station was renamed Tufts Medical Center in 2010.