Maverick (MBTA station)

MAVERICK
Maverick Station Main Entrance
Location	220 Sumner Street, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128
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	August 2009
Electrified	April 18, 1924 (converted to rapid transit)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	10,106 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Aquarium toward Bowdoin Blue Line Airport toward Wonderland

Maverick is a subway station on the Blue Line at Maverick Square in East Boston, Massachusetts, United States. 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.

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

Bus connections

• 114 Bellingham Square
• 116 Wonderland Station via Revere Street
• 117 Wonderland Station via Beach Street
• 120 Orient Heights Station via Bennington St., Jeffries Point & Waldemar Loop
• 121 Wood Island Station via Lexington Street

Station layout

Gallery

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  Maverick Station underground with countdown arrival sign (2014)

References

• Belcher, Jonathan (20 July 2011). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 3 October 2011. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maverick (MBTA station).

• MBTA - Maverick Station (Blue Line)
• Maverick Square entrance from Google Maps Street View

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
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Bus routes (List of routes)	Silver Line Crosstown routes Key routes Trackless trolleys Routes East Boston, Chelsea, Revere Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield South Boston
Other services	Boat The Ride
Component parts of system lines	Boylston Street Subway      Haymarket North Extension      Lechmere Viaduct      Tremont Street Subway
Capital projects	Under construction      Blue Hill Avenue station      Boston Landing station           Forest Hills modifications      Green Line Extension      Haverhill Line upgrades           Silver Line Gateway / Chelsea station      South Coast Rail In planning / proposed      Buzzards Bay extension      Foxboro service      Hynes Convention Center renovation      Kingston R.I. extension      Nashua extension      Route 16 extension      Wollaston renovation Formerly proposed      Arborway Line restoration      Indigo Line (Fairmount Grand Junction Track 61)      Lexington extension      Lynn extension      North–South Rail Link      Plaistow extension      Reading extension           Red Line—Blue Line Connector Urban Ring Project
History	Predecessor companies Boston Elevated Railway Streetcar lines Boston and Maine Railroad Conrail New York Central Railroad New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Penn Central Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Newton and Boston Street Railway Accidents and incidents      1990 Back Bay      2008 Waban/Woodland
Other	Accessibility Arts on the Line Bicycling CharlieCard Grand Junction Railroad "Charlie on the M.T.A." Nomenclature Police                Winter Street Concourse Yards and maintenance facilities