Government Center station (MBTA)

Government Center
Government Center station headhouse in March 2016
General information
Location	1 Cambridge Street Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°21′34″N 71°03′34″W / 42.35944°N 71.05944°W / 42.35944; -71.05944
Line(s)	East Boston Tunnel (Blue Line) Tremont Street subway (Green Line)
Platforms	1 island platform (Blue Line) 1 triangular island platform (Green Line) 1 disused side platform (Green Line)
Tracks	Blue Line: 2 Green Line: 2 plus non-revenue loop track
Connections	MBTA bus: 354
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	September 3, 1898 (1898-09-03) (Green Line) December 30, 1904 (1904-12-30) (Court Street station) March 18, 1916 (1916-03-18) (Blue Line)
Closed	November 15, 1914 (1914-11-15) (Court Street station)
Rebuilt	March 22, 2014 – March 21, 2016[1][2]
Previous names	Scollay Square (1898–1963)
Passengers
FY2019	7,677 (weekday average boardings)[3]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Park Street toward Boston College Green Line B branch Terminus Park Street toward Cleveland Circle Green Line C branch Park Street toward Riverside Green Line D branch Haymarket toward Union Square Park Street toward Heath Street Green Line E branch Haymarket toward Medford/​Tufts Bowdoin Terminus Blue Line State toward Wonderland
Former services Preceding station Boston Elevated Railway Following station Park Street toward Dudley Main Line Elevated 1901–1908 Haymarket One-way operation Adams Square toward Sullivan Square
Proposed services Preceding station MBTA Following station Charles/MGH Terminus Blue Line State toward Wonderland
Track layout Legend D and E to Union Square or Medford/​Tufts Balloon loop B and C end Balloon loop (not in use) to Bowdoin   to Wonderland   B, C, D, and E to Boston College, Cleveland Circle, Riverside, or Heath Street
Location

Government Center station is an MBTA subway station in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located at the intersection of Tremont, Court and Cambridge Streets in the Government Center area. It is a transfer point between the light rail Green Line and the rapid transit Blue Line. With the Green Line platform having opened in 1898, the station is the third-oldest operating subway station (and the second-oldest of the quartet of "hub stations") in the MBTA system; only Park Street and Boylston are older. The station previously served Scollay Square before its demolition for the creation of Boston City Hall Plaza.

The station was closed on March 22, 2014 for a major renovation, which included retrofitting the station for accessibility and building a new glass headhouse on City Hall Plaza. The new fully accessible station was reopened on March 21, 2016.^[4]