page_title: Ruggles station
section_title: Station layout
hierarchical_section_title: Ruggles station / Station layout
caption_attribution_description: English: Ruggles station as viewed from above in the West tower of International Village residence halls at Northeastern University
context_page_description: Ruggles is an intermodal transfer station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves MBTA rapid transit, bus, and commuter rail services and is located at the intersection of Ruggles and Tremont streets, where the Roxbury, Fenway-Kenmore and Mission Hill neighborhoods meet. It is surrounded by the campus of Northeastern University.
  Ruggles is a station stop for the Orange Line subway, as well as the Providence/Stoughton Line, Franklin Line, and Needham Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system. Thirteen bus routes stop at Ruggles, including four of the fifteen key MBTA bus routes.
context_section_description: The sprawling station is elevated above the Southwest Corridor north of Ruggles Street and west of Columbus Avenue - the former location of the South End Grounds. The main station structure is a rectangular "tubular-framed, high-tech" canopy. The arched concourse crosses at an angle aligned with Forsyth Street, with entrances at both ends. A clockwise busway wraps around the station, with separate entrances and exits on Ruggles Street, plus an entrance from Melnea Cass Boulevard at Columbus Avenue. The north (upper) part of the busway is level with the concourse and used for drop-offs; the south (lower) part has multiple lanes and bus berths for boarding. A Northeastern University architecture studio is located in the station structure under the upper busway, next to the Fosyth Street entrance.
  A total of five tracks run through the station: two for the Orange Line and three for commuter rail (and Amtrak, which does not stop). The Orange Line tracks serve a single island platform on the north side of the railroad cut. The northern two of the mainline tracks serve a second island platform, while the southernmost track has no platform. The entrances to the two platforms are located on the west side of the concourse, under the canopy. Four elevators connect the concourse level to the two platforms, the busway, and the Forsyth Street entrance.
caption: The station seen from the southwest
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