Community College | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Austin Street west of Rutherford Avenue Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°22′25″N 71°04′13″W / 42.3737°N 71.0702°W | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Haymarket North Extension | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms (1 unused) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||||||
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Bicycle facilities | 5 spaces | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | April 7, 1975 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2019 | 4,159 boardings (weekday average)[1] | ||||||||||
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Community College station is a rapid transit station on the MBTA Orange Line in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located in the Charlestown neighborhood off Austin Street near New Rutherford Avenue (MA-99), under the double-decked elevated structure carrying Interstate 93 to the Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge. The station is named for the adjacent Bunker Hill Community College. The station opened in April 1975, replacing the City Square and Thompson Square stations of the Charlestown Elevated. It was made accessible around 2005.