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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.
A proposed relocation of the Boston General Mail Facility, which is located on Dorchester Avenue next to the station tracks, would allow for increased capacity at South Station. Seven more tracks are planned to be added to the existing thirteen tracks, allowing increased use by both MBTA Commuter Rail and Amtrak trains.
The four major northside railroads originally built separate terminal stations in Boston. The Boston and Lowell Railroad (B&L) was the first to open, with service beginning on June 24, 1835. [5]: 26 The first station was built later in 1835 along Lowell Street (now Lomasney Way) and was several blocks north of Causeway Street. A new station was ...
south of South Station, Boston southside lines running maintenance and midday storage – primarily an Amtrak heavy maintenance facility Stoughton Layover at Stoughton: Providence/Stoughton Line: layover/storage West Cambridge Maintenance Facility south of Alewife: Maintenance of way equipment storage Westminster Layover west of Wachusett ...
When I travel in Amtrak's coach section on long-haul train rides, I take advantage of the observation car, pack my own cooler, and bring a pillow. ... Laser1987/Getty Images. ... Some people use ...
30th Street Station in Philadelphia Omaha station in Omaha, Nebraska, designed as part of the Amtrak Standard Stations Program This is a list of train stations and Amtrak Thruway stops used by Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in the United States). This list is in alphabetical order by station or stop name, which mostly corresponds to the city in which it is located. If an ...
In October 2008, the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority and the Springfield Redevelopment Authority released a redevelopment plan for Union Station. The plan, estimated to cost $65.2 million, called for restoring the 1926 Union Station Terminal building for reuse as an intermodal rail and bus station and fully building out the first floor and main concourse with rentable commercial space and ...
Location Station Miles (km) Image Notes Boston: Harrison Square 3.6 (5.8) Junction with Boston-Plymouth main line: Fields Corner: 4.0 (6.4) Present location of Fields Corner station on the Red Line: Shawmut: 4.6 (7.4) Consolidated from stations at Melville Avenue and Centre Street in 1884 Present location of Shawmut station on the Red Line ...