Downtown Crossing (MBTA station)

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Orange line train inbound to Oak Grove at Downtown Crossing
Government Center Station
Station statistics
Address	Corner of Summer and Washington or Chauncey Streets Downtown Boston
Lines	MBTA Subway Orange Line Red Line Silver Line(Phase I)
Other service	transfer to Green Line by walkway to Park Street Station
Platforms	Side platforms: Orange Line (top), Red Line (bottom), Silver Line (surface)
Other information
Opened	November 30, 1908 (Orange Line) April 4, 1915 (Red Line) July 24, 2002 (Silver Line)
Accessible
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Downtown Crossing Station of the MBTA, located at the corner of Washington Street and Summer Street and the corner of Chauncey Street and Summer Street in Boston, is the main transfer point between the Orange Line and the Red Line. It is named after Downtown Crossing, the shopping area above the station. It had formerly been known as Washington on the Red Line and Summer and Winter or Washington Under on the Orange Line, for the streets above ground.

[edit] Facilities

• Street level connection to the Phase I Silver Line to Dudley
• Local buses
• Several express bus routes
• Underground Winter Street Concourse to Park Street, for a connection to the Green Line.

Downtown Crossing Station is wheelchair accessible. See MBTA accessibility.

Previous station		MBTA		Next station
Chinatown toward Forest Hills		Orange Line		State toward Oak Grove
Park Street toward Alewife		Red Line		South Station toward Ashmont or Braintree
Boylston toward Dudley Square		Silver Line Washington Street		Chinatown One-way operation