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Back Bay
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Address	145 Dartmouth Street Boston, MA
Coordinates	42°20′50″N 71°04′32″W / 42.3473, -71.0755Coordinates: 42°20′50″N 71°04′32″W / 42.3473, -71.0755
Lines	Amtrak: Acela Express Lake Shore Limited Regional MBTA: Framingham/Worcester Line Franklin Line Needham Line Orange Line Providence/Stoughton Line
Platforms	Cross-platform
Other information
Opened	May 4, 1987
Accessible
Code	BBY (Amtrak)
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	298,240[1] 5%
Services
Preceding station     Amtrak     Following station   Framingham toward Chicago Lake Shore Limited Boston South Terminus Route 128 toward Washington Acela Express Route 128 toward Newport News Regional   Preceding station     MBTA     Following station   Mass Ave toward Forest Hills Orange Line New England Medical Center toward Oak Grove Yawkey toward Worcester Framingham/Worcester Line South Station toward South Station Ruggles toward Needham Heights Needham Line Ruggles toward Forge Park/495 Franklin Line Ruggles toward Providence or Stoughton Providence/Stoughton Line

Northeast Corridor
Legend Boston South Station Boston Back Bay Route 128 Providence Springfield Hartford New Haven Stamford New York City Newark Metropark Princeton Junction Trenton Philadephia Wilmington Baltimore BWI Airport Washington DC

Back Bay Station, located at 145 Dartmouth Street, between Stuart Street and Columbus Avenue, is a train station in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston. the present building was deisgned by Kallmann McKinnell & Wood.

It is serviced by Amtrak, featuring Acela Express and regional trains, and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) with access to Attleboro/Providence and Framingham/Worcester, Needham and Franklin commuter rail lines and the Orange Line. There is also a daily Amtrak overnight train (Lake Shore Limited) to Chicago and access to local bus service.

Back Bay Station opened May 4, 1987 as part of the Orange Line's Southwest Corridor project and was dedicated by Governor Michael Dukakis. It replaced the former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad station of the same name, of which some remnants can still be found at the eastern end of the present station facilities.

As Amtrak's Downeaster trains to Maine do not debart at Back Bay or South Station, travelers that wish to make a connection via subway are advised to disembark at this station and take the Orange Line to North Station, which is where Downeaster service terminates.

As of November 2007, there are concerns about the adequacy of the air circulation system in the station and its ability to remove diesel exhaust.[1]

Main article: MBTA 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 tracks other than those used by 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.

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Subway lines	Green Line ("B" Branch · "C" Branch · "D" Branch · "E" Branch) •       Red Line (Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line) •       Orange Line •       Blue Line •       Silver Line
Commuter Rail lines	Greenbush • Old Colony Lines • Fairmount • Providence/Stoughton • Franklin • Needham • Framingham/Worcester • Fitchburg • Lowell • Haverhill/Reading • Newburyport/Rockport • North-South Rail Link
Bus routes	List of bus routes • Crosstown routes • Trackless trolleys • Key routes • Buses in East Boston, Chelsea, and Revere • Buses in South Boston
Former lines	Charlestown Elevated • Atlantic Avenue Elevated • Washington Street Elevated • Boston Elevated Railway • Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway • Middlesex and Boston Street Railway • Green Line "A" Branch • Boston-area streetcar lines
Miscellaneous	Accessibility • Boat service • CharlieCard • MBTA Police • Nomenclature • List of subway stations

• Amtrak - Stations - Back Bay

• Ridership figures, FY 2004
• Ridership figures, FY 2005
• Ridership figures, FY 2006

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