Wood Island | |||||||||||
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![]() An outbound train at Wood Island station in July 2021 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 450 Bennington Street East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°22′47″N 71°01′23″W / 42.3797°N 71.0230°W | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Revere Extension | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 10 | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | January 5, 1952[1] | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1994–1995 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Day Square (1952–1954) Wood Island Park (1954–1967)[1] | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2019 | 2,102 boardings (weekday average)[2] | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Wood Island station is an MBTA Blue Line rapid transit station located off Bennington Street (Route 145) in the Day Square section of East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. The station is adjacent to and named for the former Wood Island Park, a once heavily used recreational area for East Boston residents. Most of the park was destroyed in the mid 1960s to expand Logan International Airport. It was built in 1952, replacing a pair of Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad stations that served the area.