Worcester Square station is a street-level bus station on the Washington Street branch of the MBTA Silver Line bus rapid transit service. It is located on Washington Street at Worcester Square in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts near the Boston Medical Center. The stop is served by the SL4 and SL5 Silver Line routes as well as local MBTA bus route 8. Like all Silver Line stops, Worcester Square is accessible.
Worcester Square | |||||||||||||||
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An outbound Silver Line bus at Worcester Square in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | Washington Street at Worcester Square Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°20′14.6″N 71°4′33″W / 42.337389°N 71.07583°W | ||||||||||||||
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Bicycle facilities | 2 spaces | ||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | November 30, 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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2012 | 817 (weekday average boardings)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Silver Line service on Washington Street began on July 20, 2002, replacing the route 49 bus.[2] Worcester Square, which had been a stop for route 49, was not initially served by the Silver Line; it became a Silver Line stop on November 30, 2002. Shelters were added later.[3][4]: 2.5 Service levels doubled on October 15, 2009, with the introduction of the SL4 route.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
- ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
- ^ "Silver Line". Ridership and Service Statistics (9 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2003–2004. p. 3A-3 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Schimek, Paul; Darido, Georges; Schneck, Donald (September 2005). Boston Silver Line Washington Street Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): Demonstration Project Evaluation (PDF) (Report). Federal Transit Administration.
External links
editMedia related to Worcester Square station at Wikimedia Commons
- MBTA: Washington St @ Worcester St northbound and southbound