OL Orange Line, Boston subway
Looking for a map of the Orange Line on the Boston subway? It serves 20 stations over roughly 17.5 km. It runs between Forest Hills and Oak Grove. This page gathers its route, its stations in running order and its interchanges.
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4 of its stations interchange with another line. For the record, its oldest station is Haymarket (1898) and its busiest is Downtown Crossing (12,754,560 passengers a year).
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Key facts
- Number of stations20
- TerminiForest Hills · Oak Grove
- Oldest stationHaymarket · 1898
- Route length≈ 17.5 km
- Busiest stationDowntown Crossing
- InterchangesRLRed LineBLBlue LineDGreen Line DEGreen Line E
Length estimated from station coordinates, accurate to a few hundred metres.
When each stop on the Orange Line opened
Every station on its real position, coloured by the year it opened and sized by annual ridership. The drawing assembles itself in opening order.
Interchanges on the Orange Line
- Downtown CrossingRLRed Line
- HaymarketDGreen Line DEGreen Line E
- North StationDGreen Line DEGreen Line E
- StateBLBlue Line
All 20 stations in order
- 1Forest Hillsterminus
- 2Green Street
- 3Stony Brook
- 4Jackson Square
- 5Roxbury Crossing
- 6Ruggles
- 7Massachusetts Avenue
- 8Back Bay
- 9Tufts Medical Center
- 10Chinatown
- 11Downtown Crossing RL
- 12State BL
- 13Haymarket DE
- 14North Station DE
- 15Community College
- 16Sullivan Square
- 17Assembly
- 18Wellington
- 19Malden Center
- 20Oak Groveterminus
Frequently asked questions
- How many stations are on the Orange Line?
- The Orange Line on the Boston subway serves 20 stations.
- What are the termini of the Orange Line?
- The Orange Line terminates at Forest Hills and Oak Grove.
- What is the oldest station on the Orange Line?
- The oldest station still served by the Orange Line entered service in 1898.
- What is the busiest station on the Orange Line?
- Downtown Crossing, with roughly 12,754,560 passengers a year.
- How long is the Orange Line?
- The Orange Line runs for roughly 17.5 km.
- Which lines does the Orange Line connect with?
- The Orange Line meets the Red Line, Blue Line, Green Line D and Green Line E.
Other lines in Boston
RLRed LineBLBlue LineBGreen Line BCGreen Line CDGreen Line DEGreen Line EMMattapan Line