Silver Line Way (MBTA station)
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Silver Line Way is a transportation station in Boston, Massachusetts, on the MBTA
's bus rapid transit
(BRT) Silver Line
. It is located on Silver Line Way, at Pumphouse Road between Massport Haul Road (Trilling Street) and D Street, near the South Boston Waterfront. The station is a block south of the Boston Fish Pier, and is the first stop east of South Station that is at surface grade.
Changeover between diesel
and overhead electric power
takes place here, and there is a small storage area for trolley buses. The station also serves the Boston Renaissance Waterfront Hotel.
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, often referred to as the MBTA or simply The T, is the public operator of most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, area. Officially a "body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision" of the...
's bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit is a term applied to a variety of public transportation systems using buses to provide faster, more efficient service than an ordinary bus line. Often this is achieved by making improvements to existing infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling...
(BRT) Silver Line
Silver Line (MBTA)
The Silver Line is the only bus rapid transit line currently operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority . It operates in two sections; the first runs from Dudley Square in Roxbury to downtown Boston, Massachusetts and South Station, mostly via Washington Street, with buses...
. It is located on Silver Line Way, at Pumphouse Road between Massport Haul Road (Trilling Street) and D Street, near the South Boston Waterfront. The station is a block south of the Boston Fish Pier, and is the first stop east of South Station that is at surface grade.
Changeover between diesel
Diesel engine
A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber...
and overhead electric power
Overhead lines
Overhead lines or overhead wires are used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains at a distance from the energy supply point...
takes place here, and there is a small storage area for trolley buses. The station also serves the Boston Renaissance Waterfront Hotel.