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Back Bay (Mbta Station)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.
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