Airport station (MBTA)
Airport station is a rapid transit station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA Blue Line and the SL3 branch of the Silver Line. It is located in East Boston under the interchange between Interstate 90 and Massachusetts Route 1A. The station provides one of two mass transit connections to the nearby Logan International Airport, as well as serving local residents in East Boston. Shuttle buses connect the station with the airport terminals and other facilities.
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An outbound Blue Line train at Airport station in 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Transportation Way at Service Road East Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42.374374°N 71.030243°W | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Revere Extension | |||||||||||||||
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| Bicycle facilities | Racks | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | January 5, 1952 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | April 2000–June 3, 2004 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 7,404 (Blue Line average boardings) | |||||||||||||||
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At Airport, Blue Line trains switch between the third rail power used in the East Boston Tunnel to overhead wires used on the surface line to Revere. The original brick station built in 1952 was replaced by a modern station with steel and glass canopies in 2004.
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