Boylston is one of the two original subway stations in North America opening in 1897 with the Tremont Street Subway. The stop presently has two open tracks with at two more outside tracks abandoned that used to lead to other entrances to the subway for streetcars. There are two separate platforms each is an island with a fenced off track to one side. On the fenced off track (beyond the fencing) on the inbound side PCC car #3295 is on display, along with Type-5 car #5734 from the World War I era. Each platform (which are offset from each other) has a single entrance with one set of faregates at one end that each lead up to a staircase in separate enclosed stone enclosures along the SE corner of the Boston Common with the inbound directly at the NW corner of Boylston St and Tremont Street.
All photos taken on 29 June, 2011
PCC #3295 stored alongside the inbound platform
The two historic cars stored and displayed Boylston
Type-5 #5734 parked alongside the inbound platform
The single set of faregates from the inbound platform
The staircase up from the inbound platform
Inside the little entryway
Another view of the entryway with a sign for the silver line bus
The doors to the inbound platform
The back of a stone entrance
The outbound stone entrance
The staircase down to the outbound platform
The inbound track separate from the outbound platform
A historic political cartoon
The outbound former island platform
Last Updated: 5 July, 2011
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