Back Bay station

Back Bay Station
The Dartmouth Street entrance to the station in 2024
General information
Location	145 Dartmouth Street Boston, Massachusetts United States
Coordinates	42°20′50″N 71°04′32″W / 42.3473°N 71.0755°W / 42.3473; -71.0755
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Attleboro Line (Northeast Corridor) Southwest Corridor (Orange Line) Worcester Main Line
Platforms	1 island platform, 1 side platform (Northeast Corridor) 1 island platform (Orange Line) 1 island platform (Framingham/Worcester Line)
Tracks	3 (Northeast Corridor) 2 (Orange Line) 2 (Framingham/Worcester Line)
Connections	MBTA bus: 10, 39
Construction
Bicycle facilities	40 spaces in "Pedal and Park" bicycle cage 30 outside spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: BBY
IATA code	ZTY
Fare zone	1A (MBTA Commuter Rail)
History
Opened	1880 (Columbus Avenue) 1899 (Back Bay, Trinity Place, Huntington Avenue)
Rebuilt	1929; May 4, 1987 (modern station)
Passengers
FY2019	15,646 daily boardings[1] (Orange Line)
2018	8,103 daily boardings[2] (Commuter Rail)
FY 2023	750,036 annual boardings and alightings[3] (Amtrak)
Services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Route 128 toward Washington, D.C. Acela Boston South Terminus Framingham toward Chicago Lake Shore Limited Route 128 toward Norfolk, Newport News or Roanoke Northeast Regional Preceding station MBTA Following station Lansdowne toward Worcester Framingham/​Worcester Line South Station Terminus Ruggles toward Needham Heights Needham Line Ruggles toward Wickford Junction or Stoughton Providence/​Stoughton Line Ruggles toward Forge Park/495 or Foxboro Franklin/​Foxboro Line weekdays Dedham Corporate Center toward Foxboro Foxboro event service Massachusetts Avenue toward Forest Hills Orange Line Tufts Medical Center toward Oak Grove
Former services Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station Newton toward Albany Boston and Albany Railroad Main Line Boston Terminus Allston toward Albany Longwood toward Riverside Highland branch Preceding station MBTA Following station Mount Hope toward Dedham Dedham Branch Closed 1967 South Station Terminus Roslindale Village toward Millis Millis Branch Closed 1967 Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Forest Hills toward New Haven Shore Line Boston Terminus Roslindale Village toward Woonsocket Charles River Line Terminus
Proposed services Preceding station MBTA Following station Ruggles toward Battleship Cove or New Bedford South Coast Rail Phase 2 (2030) South Station Terminus
Track layout Streets and I-90 (Mass Pike) are omitted Legend [a] [b] to Boston South Station   to Oak Grove [a] [b] (Northeast Corridor)   to Forest Hills [a] [b] (Boston Subdivision)   ^ a b c Amtrak services with outbound terminal(s) Acela to Washington, D.C. Lake Shore Limited to Chicago Northeast Regional to Mid-Atlantic cities ^ a b c MBTA Commuter services with outbound terminal(s) Framingham/Worcester Line to Worcester Franklin/Foxboro Line to Forge Park/495 or Foxboro Needham Line to Needham Heights Providence/Stoughton Line to Wickford Jct. or Stoughton This diagram: view talk edit
Location

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. The present building, designed by Kallmann McKinnell & Wood, opened in 1987. It replaced the New Haven Railroad's older Back Bay station – which opened in 1928 as a replacement for an 1899-built station – as well as the New York Central's Huntington Avenue and Trinity Place stations which had been demolished in 1964.

Although South Station is Boston's primary rail hub, Back Bay maintains high traffic levels due to its location in the Back Bay neighborhood near the Prudential Center development and its access to important Northeast Corridor services. All Amtrak Acela Express and Northeast Regional trains running to and from South Station stop at Back Bay, as does the Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited. Four MBTA Commuter Rail routes – the Providence/Stoughton Line, Franklin/Foxboro Line, Needham Line, and Framingham/Worcester Line – also stop at Back Bay, as do the Orange Line subway and several local MBTA bus routes. It is the third-busiest MBTA Commuter Rail station (after North Station and South Station) and the sixth-busiest MBTA subway station.^[1][2]