Porter Station, Inbound Platform, January 2005 Porter Square Station is located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Somerville Avenue, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It also serves portions of Somerville. The station opened on December 8, 1984 and is the deepest station in the Boston area. Its facilities include:
- A stop the Boston subway's Red Line
- A stop on the MBTA commuter rail Fitchburg Line
- Bus connections at street level, including the Number 77 Massachusetts Avenue bus.
- Bicycle parking
- Perhaps the best collection of public art on the MBTA system, including Glove Cycle by Mags Harries, an installation of bronze castings of lost gloves flowing down the escalator and scattered throughout the station.
Attractions
Note: The station has no automobile parking. Do not even think of parking in the nearby shopping center and taking the T. They tow.
Porter Square Station is wheelchair accessible, however the commuter rail station has its short high platform in a dingy and isolated location.See MBTA accessibility.
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