Boylston (MBTA-Station)

Boylston is the name of an underground Light rail station of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ( MBTA ) in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. It offers the intersection of Boylston Street and Tremont Street directly on the Boston Common access to the branches B, C, D and E of U- tram Green Line and to line 5 of the bus system, the Silver Line. In the more than 100 years of its operation, the exterior of the station was hardly changed.

History

The station was constructed next to the Park Street one of the first two stops of the Tremont Street Subway and the time of opening of the first subway station in the entire United States. Since the station was structurally changed little, she is still her appearance at the opening of more than 100 years ago, very close.

The station was formerly connected by a portal at the Pleasant Street with the surface. When running there tramway lines were replaced by buses in the 1960s, the portal was closed and there erected the present Eliot Norton Park. The former leads to the portal tracks exist today, but are no longer used.

Railway facilities

Track, signaling and safety systems

The underground station has four tracks, of which only two are in operation. They are structurally accessible via two central platforms, but which is used in practice as a side platforms.

Building

The metro station is located at the intersection of Boylston Street and Tremont Street directly on the Boston Common and is not accessible.

Every now and then are historical PCC cars of the MBTA issued on any unused track section of the station, which were used in the early 20th century on the track.

Unusual incidents and accidents

Even before the opening of the station there was a gas explosion. As it turned out, had natural gas between the ceiling of the tunnel of the station and the road accumulated and was ignited by the spark of an aboveground driving horse carriage. The incident called for six people dead and at least 60 injured. Since the force of the explosion was mostly directed upwards, even, no significant damage was done at the station.

On June 6, 1906 there was an explosion in the station. The cause of a short circuit is detected in the catenary system. Firefighters who wanted to extinguish the fire with water, were injured by electric shock. The fire eventually went out by itself - with a record of three injured fire was relatively harmless.

On 15 November 2008, two trains collided in the station of the Green Line. There was only minor persons and no visible damage.

On November 29, 2012 There came into the station again to a collision between two trains at low speed. Several dozen passengers were injured. Cause of the accident was human error - the driver of one of the trains had apparently fallen asleep because he was suffering from lack of sleep due to a spin-off jobs.

Surroundings

At the station there is a transfer possibility in the Rapid Transit buses Silverline 5, but no access to other bus lines of the MBTA. Are the neighborhoods Back Bay and Chinatown and the Boston Common and the Emerson College in the immediate vicinity.