Maverick station

MAVERICK
Maverick station headhouse in 2009
Location 220 Sumner Street
East Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′09″N 71°02′22″W / 42.3691°N 71.0395°W / 42.3691; -71.0395Coordinates: 42°22′09″N 71°02′22″W / 42.3691°N 71.0395°W / 42.3691; -71.0395
Owned by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)
  Blue Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Parking none
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened December 5, 1904 as streetcar portal
Rebuilt April 18, 1924 (converted to rapid transit)
August 2009
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 10,106 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
toward Bowdoin
Blue Line
toward Wonderland

Maverick is a rapid transit station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA's Blue Line and is located at Maverick Square in East Boston. It is the easternmost underground station on the Blue Line and a transfer point to various buses. One center island platform provides access to the surface in the middle of Maverick Square. In the station, a track map lined with light bulbs shows the position of the trains on the Blue Line between Bowdoin and Orient Heights. It was one of the last stations to be converted to 6-car train service in the MBTA's Blue Line renovation project.

History

When the East Boston Tunnel originally opened on December 30, 1904, it was a streetcar tunnel with a portal at Maverick, known as Maverick Portal or the Maverick Incline. There was no station at Maverick; streetcars simply left the portal and continued north on Meridian Street or southeast on Maverick Street.

On April 18, 1924, the tunnel was converted to rapid transit and Maverick station opened. The streetcar loop was between the rapid transit platforms. The last streetcar lines to use the underground loop were the 114, 115, 116, 117, 118 and 121; these last ran January 4, 1952, the day before the Revere Extension to the rapid transit line opened. The streetcar loop and portal have since been closed, with parts of the incline now used for pedestrian access. The station now has an extra-wide platform as a result of filling in the former streetcar tracks.

The station has gone through extensive renovation including adding new fixtures and improved accessibility. The new station opened in August 2009.

Bus connections

The station is a terminal for five MBTA Bus local routes:

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/Entrance, station house
P
Platforms		 Southbound ← Blue Line toward Bowdoin or Government Center (Aquarium)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Northbound → Blue Line toward Wonderland (Airport) →

References

  1. ↑ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
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