Davis (MBTA-Station)

Davis is the name of a metro station of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ( MBTA ) in Somerville, Massachusetts in the United States. It provides access to the metro line Red Line. The station was named after the family from Massachusetts, which already held for over 200 years political office in New England.

History

The station was opened on 8 December 1984.

Railway facilities

Track, signaling and safety systems

Metro Station has a total of two tracks, which are accessible via a central platform.

Building

The metro station is located at the intersection of College Avenue, Elm Street and Holland Street and is completely accessible.

Under the program, Arts on the Line four artworks were installed in the station as well as outside of it:

• The work "Ten Figures" by James Tyler has ten life-size figures made ​​of concrete, which are distributed near the inputs on the Davis Square.
• 249 designed by schoolchildren tiles adorning a wall on the mezzanine level of the station and were greeted by Jack Gregory and Joan Wyezum to work " Children's Tile Mural" arranged. In 2009, some local artists started to look after the children, who were at that time already between 35 and 40 years old, to learn their associated history.
• In the floor lines of poems are inserted at various points, which in their totality constitute the work " Poetry" and come from different authors.
• The work "Sculpture With a D" by Sam Gilliam consists of a large, abstract sculpture.

Surroundings

At the station there is a connection to six bus lines of the MBTA. In addition, 165 bicycle parking spaces are available.

In the immediate vicinity of the station are the Tufts University and the Davis Square.