South Station - Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
N 42° 21.115 W 071° 03.337
19T E 330696 N 4690896
Boston’s South Union Station opened in 1898 & became the largest, busiest railway station in the World, with 38 Tracks & 740 trains every day. Today alas there are just 10 tracks including 2 MBTA underground lines, and a Bus Station.
Waymark Code: WMY6HH
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2018
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Today the station has become a true intermodal center, with an adjacent bus station and direct connection to the MBTA’s Red Line and Silver Line, & Amtrak’s high-speed Acela trains.
"South Station—officially The Governor Michael S. Dukakis Transportation Center at South Station—is the largest railroad station and intercity bus terminal in Greater Boston and New England's second-largest transportation center after Logan International Airport.
Located at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Summer Street in Dewey Square, Boston, Massachusetts, the historic station building was constructed in 1899 to replace the downtown terminals of several railroads. Today, it serves as a major intermodal domestic transportation hub, with service to the Greater Boston region and the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. It is used by thousands of commuter rail and intercity rail passengers daily.
Connections to the rapid transit Red Line and bus rapid transit Silver Line are made through the adjacent subway station.
The station was renamed for former Massachusetts governor Michael S. Dukakis in November 2014, though maps and station signs continue to use the shorter "South Station"
Through the years up to 1930:
While it was already the largest, South Station quickly became the busiest train station in the world, handling about 38 million passengers in 1913, ranking higher than its second nearest competitor, Boston’s North Station, which handled 29 million and New York’s Grand Central Station, which handled 22 million that same year.
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