Central (MBTA station)

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Central Station (or Central Square Station)
Station statistics
Address	At the intersection of Prospect and Magazine Streets and Massachusetts and Western Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Lines	Red Line
Platforms	side platforms
Bicycle facilities	36 spaces
Other information
Opened	March 23, 1912
Accessible
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Central Station is located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Western Avenue, Prospect Street, and Magazine Street (Central Square), in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its facilities include:

• a station on the Boston subway's Red Line
• a street-level bus terminal for local routes

Contents 1 Attractions 2 Bus connections 3 Accessibility 4 Trivia 5 External links

[edit] Attractions

• MIT, about a 12-minute walk south along Massachusetts Avenue (note that the Kendall stop is much closer).
• Cambridge City Hall
• main Cambridge post office (02139)
• shops and restaurants
• churches, mosque and synagogues

[edit] Bus connections

• 1 Harvard/Holyoke Gate-Dudley Sta. via Mass Ave.
• 47 Central Sq.,Cambridge-Broadway Sta. Via B.U. Medical Center
• 64 Oak Sq.-University Park or Kendall/MIT
• 70 Cedarwood or Watertown Sq.-University Park
• 70A North Waltham-University Park
• 83 Rindge Avenue-Central Sta.,Cambridge
• 91 Sullivan Sq. Sta-Central Sq.,Cambridge via Washington St.
• CT1 Central Sq.,Cambridge-B.U. Medical Ctr./Boston Medical Ctr. Via M.I.T.

[edit] Accessibility

Central Square Station is wheelchair accessible. See MBTA accessibility.

[edit] Trivia

A fictionalized version of Central Station's platform area appears as a backdrop in the Xbox and Playstation 2 game Karaoke Revolution.

[edit] External links

• Central Square Station @ MBTA.com
• nycsubway.org - Historical photo of Central Station in 1980

Preceding station		MBTA		Following station
Harvard toward Alewife		Red Line		Kendall/MIT toward Ashmont or Braintree