Silver Line Way station

Silver Line Way station is a surface bus rapid transit station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Silver Line, located on Silver Line Way at Pumphouse Road between Massport Haul Road (Trilling Street) and D Street near the South Boston Waterfront. The station is a block south of the Boston Fish Pier; it also serves the Boston Renaissance Waterfront Hotel and the Leader Bank Pavilion.

Silver Line Way
Buses at the outbound platform at Silver Line Way
General information
Location	Silver Line Way at Pumphouse Road South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42.3472°N 71.0386°W / 42.3472; -71.0386
Platforms	2 side platforms
Construction
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	December 17, 2004[1]
Passengers
2014	870 (weekday average boardings)[2]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station World Trade Center toward South Station Silver Line SL1 Logan Airport terminals Terminus Silver Line SL2 Northern Avenue and Harbor Street toward Design Center Silver Line SL3 Airport toward Chelsea Silver Line SLW Terminus
Former services Preceding station MBTA Following station World Trade Center toward South Station Silver Line SL3 Closed 2009 Northern Avenue and Harbor Street toward City Point
Location

Changeover between diesel and overhead electric power formerly took place at the station, similar to Airport Station on the Blue Line. The station is the first station at the surface when going outbound from South Station; Courthouse and World Trade Center are both in the Waterfront Tunnel. Like all Silver Line stations, Silver Line Way is accessible.

History

Inbound dual-mode buses in diesel mode (left) and electric mode (right) at the power changeover point at Silver Line Way in 2016; the wires have since been dismantled

The South Boston Piers Transitway between South Station and Silver Line Way opened on December 17, 2004, and SL2 and SL3 through service to the Waterfront and City Point areas began on December 31, 2004.^[1] Silver Line Way served as the transfer point between these services and diesel buses to Logan Airport beginning in January 2005 until SL1 through service began on June 1, 2005. SL3 service ended on March 20, 2009 due to low ridership, as the service was in direct competition to the more frequent route 7 bus.^[1] A different SL3 service serving Chelsea began on April 21, 2018.^[1]

Present service consists of through trips on the SL1, SL2, and SL3 routes, with some additional rush hour trips that short turn at Silver Line Way.^[1] A bus lane loops around the outbound side platform to allow the short turn buses to turn back to stop at the inbound platform and continue back into the Transitway.^[2]

In June 2019, Massport released a request for proposals for commercial development on Parcel H just north of the station, with the possibility of air rights development over the station itself.^[3] In January 2021, the board awarded a 99-year ground lease for three parcels (including Parcel H). The developer will reconstruct the Silver Line Way station with covered platforms and vertical circulation to a concourse level as part of the estimated $596 million project.^[4][5]

References

1. Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
2. "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
3. "Massport Puts Out RFP for Parcel H in Seaport" (Press release). Massachusetts Port Authority. June 27, 2019. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
4. "Massport awards $123m lease for Seaport property that will include a new Silver Line station". Boston Globe. January 21, 2021. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021.
5. "Massachusetts Port Authority Board Meeting" (PDF). Massachusetts Port Authority. January 21, 2021. p. 99.

External links

Media related to Silver Line Way station at Wikimedia Commons

• MBTA – Silver Line Way
• View of station on Google Maps Street View