Silver Line Way station is a surface bus rapid transit station on the

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(MBTA) Silver Line, located on Silver Line Way at Pumphouse Road between Massport Haul Road (Trilling Street) and D Street near the

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. The station is a block south of the Boston Fish Pier; it also serves the Boston Renaissance Waterfront Hotel and the

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. Changeover between

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and overhead electric power takes place at the station, similar to

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on the Blue Line. There is a small storage area for

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es. The station is the first station at the surface when going outbound from ; and are both in the Waterfront Tunnel. Like all Silver Line stations, Silver Line Way is

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History

Power changeover at Silver Line Way inbound, March 2016

The South Boston Piers Transitway between

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and Silver Line Way opened on December 17, 2004, and SL2 and SL3 through service to the Waterfront and City Point areas began on December 31, 2004. Silver Line Way served as the transfer point between these services and diesel buses to Logan Airport beginning in January 2005 until SL1 through service began on June 1, 2005. SL3 service ended on March 20, 2009 due to low ridership, as the service was in direct competition to the more frequent route 7 bus. A different SL3 service serving

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began on April 21, 2018. Present service consists of through trips on the SL1, SL2, and SL3 routes, with some additional rush hour trips that

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at Silver Line Way. A bus lane loops around the outbound side platform to allow the

buses to turn back to stop at the inbound platform and continue back into the Transitway. In June 2019,

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released a request for proposals for commercial development on Parcel H just north of the station, with the possibility of

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development over the station itself. In January 2021, the board awarded a 99-year ground lease for three parcels (including Parcel H). The developer will reconstruct the Silver Line Way station with covered platforms and vertical circulation to a concourse level as part of the estimated $596 million project.

References

External links

MBTA – Silver Line WayView of station on Google Maps Street View
{{MBTA, state=collapsed Silver Line (MBTA) stations