Ruggles (MBTA-Station)

Ruggles is the name of a metro station of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ( MBTA ) in Boston's Roxbury, Massachusetts in the United States. Metro Station provides access to the metro line to the Orange Line and Commuter Rail lines Providence / Stoughton, Franklin, and Needham. Through the station also go - but without maintenance - Trains Amtrak.

History

The station was opened on May 4, 1987 in parallel to the Northeast Corridor as part of the renovation and relocation of the Orange Line. It is located on the former baseball parks South End Grounds of the Atlanta Braves position.

Railway facilities

Track, signaling and safety systems

The station has a total of five tracks, which are accessible via two central platforms. Two tracks are being served here from the Orange Line and three of the trains of the MBTA Commuter Rail.

Building

The station is located in Boston's Roxbury at the intersection of Ruggles and Tremont as well as on the border of the districts Roxbury, Fenway - Kenmore and Mission Hill. The building is completely accessible.

As part of the Arts on the Line project, the MBTA several art works were installed in the station. In " Geometree " by Paul Goodnight is a multicolored mural of ceramic, " Stony Brook Dance " by John Scott is a kinetic sculpture, and " Massachusetts Avenue Station " by Bruce Taylor consists of three kinetic sculptures made ​​of aluminum. Outside the station are located beyond two granite monuments engraved with texts ( " Harriet Tubman aka Moses " by Samuel Allen and " Four Letters Home " by Will Holton ).

Surroundings

At the station there is a connection to the MBTA 13 bus lines. The building is located on the campus of Northeastern University. In the immediate vicinity are also the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ( also accessible via the Station Museum of Fine Arts of the Green Line ) and the Wentworth Institute of Technology.