State (MBTA-Station)

State (also known as State Street ) is an application running on two levels as Tower Station subway station of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ( MBTA ) in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. It provides access to the lines Blue Line and Orange Line. The station is the only interchange between these two metro lines.

History

On 30 December 1904, the station State under the name of Devonshire as part of the East Boston Tunnel (now the Blue Line) was opened. Initially, only trams frequented the tunnel, but the overhead lines were with the April 18, 1924 removed and replaced by power rails so that the tunnel through full tracks (English heavyrail ) could be used.

On November 30, 1908, the Washington Street tunnel was, by the Orange Line is out today, put into operation and the underground station added a second level. Since the respective side platforms were managed as separate station and named after the location of its receipt, the metro station was given the double name Devonshire and Milk / State, which he held until 1967.

Following the acquisition of the Boston traffic structures by the MBTA in 1964, the U -Bahn lines and colors were assigned to the station renamed on January 25, 1967 in State. With the introduction of trains with a length of up to six cars in 1987, the platforms of the subway station were extended. In the period from 1997 to 2000, the official name of the station State / Citizens Bank, as the bank in question had signed a sponsorship agreement with the MBTA. With the end of the partnership, the station was renamed back to State.

When the station Aquarium of the Blue Line was renovated from 14 October 2000 to 29 October 2001 the station for this period was called the State / aquarium. In the years 2005 to 2011, the metro station was extensively renovated and partially redesigned.

Railway facilities

Track, signaling and safety systems

Metro Station has four side platforms and four tracks - on each of the two planes are each two.

Building

The metro station is located at the intersection of Washington Street and State Street and is only partially accessible. The entrance to the station was unusually integrated into the Old State House, so that it regularly - is not found immediately - especially by outsiders and tourists.

As part of the Arts on the Line project, the MBTA, which consists of several parts art " Polychrome painted star" by Toshiro Katayama and outside the building a wrought iron gate near the entrance on Washington Street by Albert Paley was installed within the station.

Surroundings

At the station there is a connection to four bus lines of the MBTA.