Chinatown is the most farthest south original 1908 subway station and has gone through different names. It has the offset platforms (Oak Grove-bound goes north and Forest Hills-bound south) that are standard of the Washington Street Subway, no free crossover or under but renovations have removed all original wall tiling. Each platform has a single exit with the faregates directly on the side of the platforms. The Forest Hills-bound platform has a staircase/up escalator and elevator on the NW corner of Washington Street and Essex Street/Boyslton Street (the street name changes at the intersection), the Oak Grove-bound has a staircase/up escalator near the NE corner and an additional staircase near the SE corner. All of these are located inside storefronts in surrounding buildings. Each platforms tiling is a different color the Oak Grove-bound platform has grey tiles, the Forest Hills-bound platform more brown, along with its walls.
All photos taken on 29 June, 2011
The Northern end of the Oak Grove-bound platform
Benches on the platform at Chinatown
The Oak Grove-bound fare control
Stairs and escalator up to street level (it has a small intermediate landing and doubles back)
Looking down on the platform from an overpass area
Looking back towards the platform and relatively short up escalator
One of two Oak Grove entrances
The Forest Hills-bound entrance
Stairs or escalator down to the Forest Hills-bound platform
Fare control for outbound to Forest Hills
The fare gates for Forest Hills
The only station exit to Washington St and Boylston St
Almost at the southern end of the Forest Hills-bound platform
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Last Updated: 24 July, 2011
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