Back Bay (MBTA station)

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	Old Main Line Elevated stations Everett - Sullivan Square Thompson Square City Square - North Station Tunnel (Haymarket to Chinatown) Dover - Northampton - Dudley Egleston - Green - Forest Hills

Boston Back Bay Station
Address	145 Dartmouth Street Boston, Massachusetts
Routes	Acela Express - Lake Shore Limited - Regional
Other service	MBTA Orange Line, bus routes and Commuter Rail
Code	BBY
Owned by	MBTA

Back Bay Station

Back Bay Station, located at 145 Dartmouth Street, between Stuart Street and Columbus Avenue, in Back Bay, Boston, is an important transportation center. Its facilities include:

a station stop on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor train service, including Acela Express high-speed trains. There is also a daily Amtrak overnight train (Lake Shore Limited) to Chicago.
a stop on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Attleboro/Providence and Framingham/Worcester, Needham and Franklin commuter rail lines.
a station stop on the Boston subway's Orange Line.
local bus service.
staffed ticket windows.
a food court and waiting area.

Back Bay Station opened May, 1987 as part of the Orange Line's Southwest Corridor project and was dedicated by Governor Michael Dukakis.

Note: Amtrak's trains to Maine do not stop at Back Bay or South Station. They terminate at North Station, which is also on the Orange Line. Travelers who wish to make a connection by subway with North Station are best off exiting at Back Bay and taking the Orange Line.

[edit] Attractions

Several major hotels
A shopping mall extending through many buildings in the area
The Prudential Center
The Hynes Auditorium Convention Center
The John Hancock Tower
Copley Square and Trinity Church
The linear park that extends from Back Bay Station to Massachusetts Avenue atop the Southwest corridor project/Northeast Corridor

[edit] Accessibility

Back Bay Station is wheelchair accessible.
Other Amtrak stations on the Northeast Corridor are generally accessible.
Back Bay Station has a full length high level platform for Amtrak Northeast Corridor and MBTA Attleboro/Providence trains but only a short high level platform for MBTA Framingham/Worcester and Amtrak Chicago trains (which operate on different tracks from the Northeast Corridor service).
Some MBTA commuter rail stations have no wheelchair access and many of those that do have short high level platforms that only serve one or two cars.
See MBTA accessibility.

Preceding station		Following station
Yawkey	Framingham/Worcester Line	South Station
Ruggles	Needham Line	South Station
Ruggles	Franklin Line	South Station
Ruggles	Providence/Stoughton Line	South Station

Preceding station		Following station
Route 128	Acela Express (Boston-Washington D.C.)	South Station
Framingham	Lake Shore Limited (Chicago-Boston)	South Station
Route 128	Regional (Boston-Newport News)	South Station

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Back Bay (MBTA station)

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