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Back Bay Station, located at 145 Dartmouth Street, between Stuart Street and Columbus Avenue, in Back Bay, Boston , is an important transportation center. Its facilities include:


Back Bay Station opened May, 1987 as part of the Orange Line's Southwest Corridor project and was dedicated by Governor Michael Dukakis .

Note: Amtrak's trains to Maine do not stop at Back Bay or South Station . They terminate at North Station , which is also on the Orange Line. Travelers who wish to make a connection by subway with North Station are best off exiting at Back Bay and taking the Orange Line.


ATTRACTIONS

  • Several major hotels

  • A shopping mall extending through many buildings in the area

  • The Prudential Center

  • The Hynes Auditorium Convention Center

  • The John Hancock Tower

  • Copley Square and Trinity Church

  • The linear park that extends from Back Bay Station to Massachusetts Avenue atop the Southwest Corridor Project /Northeast Corridor

  • A parking garage



ACCESSIBILITY

  • Back Bay Station is wheelchair accessible.

  • Other Amtrak stations on the Northeast Corridor are generally accessible.

  • Back Bay Station has a full length high level platform for Amtrak Northeast Corridor and MBTA Attleboro/Providence trains but only a short high level platform for MBTA Framingham/Worcester and Amtrak Chicago trains (which operate on different tracks from the Northeast Corridor service).

  • Some MBTA commuter rail stations have no wheelchair access and many of those that do have short high level platforms that only serve one or two cars.

  • ''See'' MBTA Accessibility .