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The intercity bus terminal predates 2001 as I used it in 1997. -- Daniel C. Boyer 18:23, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Can it go away? I don't think the article is as need of cleanup as the banner contends. Geoff.green 02:47, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
I was wondering if anyone had any information about where the South Station bulk mail center was being moved to, and whether or not there will still be a 24-hour post office afterwords. -- Beland 06:10, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
The services section in the info box is way too long and duplicates a more compact version nearer to the top. I propose removing it.-- agr ( talk) 16:37, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I've been trying to look at deeds records and the Boston City Assessor's website to get exact dimensions of the building and land, the city Assessor's website seems to give the address as 640 Atlantic Avenue (This made sense to me, because the Federal Bank Reserve building across the street is 600 Atlantic Avenue). To add to that though, I think I do recall the bus terminal in the rear being called 700 Atlantic Avenue. Would it be better to list the Address here as 640-700 Atlantic Avenue?
CaribDigita ( talk) 14:16, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
I'd question the section "Restaurants, shops, shopping districts" which defines them as being "within a radius of approximately one mile." That covers most of downtown Boston and seems way beyond the scope of this article. In particular, one would normally go to other transit stations to get to most of these places.-- agr ( talk) 16:55, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
this would show how much of south station was demolished since 1898.
http://www.south-station.net/Images/Photos/LargePhotos/newhaven2.jpg —Preceding
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168.122.12.166 (
talk)
20:35, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
I propose that the MBTA subway part of the article is merged out to a new article with the name of South Station (MBTA subway station). I have made a draft here. Thoughts? If nobody "weighs in" in a week, I will do the changes myself →♠ Gƒoley↔ Four♣← 19:23, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Atlantic Avenue – Pacific Street (New York City Subway), also →♠ Gƒoley↔ Four♣← 02:40, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
I proposed that South Station Headhouse be merged into this article as there is no reason why the station's building should have a separate article when it can be covered with more relevance here. Grk1011 ( talk) 00:58, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Hoi. Is there any information available about the track configuration at the time of the opening of the station? Thus, how many platform tracks were available by then and when was it changed? -- Thogo 06:52, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
It seems very odd to me that in the box on the right side, for all of the Amtrak lines and most of the MBTA lines, South Station is listed as Terminus for the Following Station, but for four lines (the ones which stop at JFK/UMass), South Station is listed as terminus for the Preceding Station. I'm not sure why this is denoted this way, but I think Terminus should either be all under Preceding or all under Following, since the station is the Northern/Eastern terminus for every line listed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.224.205.44 ( talk) 12:27, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
The CapeFLYER is being run by the Cape Cod Regional Transit Administration using MBTA trains south of Middleboro. The infobox suggests that this is an MBTA Commuter Service. It may be useful to somehow list it differently so that readers understand this. FFM784 ( talk) 03:29, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was no consensus. -- BDD ( talk) 23:07, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
– Boston is not the only town in the world with a station named South Station. Cecil Huber ( talk) 21:55, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
Can we centralize this discussion at Talk:North Station? The arguments seem to be repeated in both places. And if we do decide to disambiguate either (which I oppose), I think we should do both for consistency.-- agr ( talk) 18:48, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
@ Funplussmart: If the logo may not be placed anywhere but the infobox, then I believe it should not be in the article at all. (And that goes for other train stations as well.) This is not a case like Amtrak where the logo represents a well-known public company, nor the Mexico City subway stations where the the icons are used for primary identification of the station. The article is about the history and operations of a train station - not of the business that rents out offices in the building, which is scarcely discussed in the article at all - but the logo represents the latter. It is undue weight to place that logo in the most prominent place in the article, where it displaces the much-more-valuable photograph. I believe this is a similar case to WP:BANDLOGO, where there is not sufficient cause to include the logo unless it is substantially discussed in the article. Pi.1415926535 ( talk) 19:24, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
Many of the services are no longer in South Station, and a few are new.
Pinkberry has long been closed, as well as Starbucks (although a new one is opening).
Additionally, there is only a convenience store, a LovePop card booth, and the CVS. Note that CVS's first floor is basically a convenience store, and the second floor is mostly a full CVS.
The eateries are Au Bon Pain, Auntie Anne's/ Carvel, Dunkin', McDonald's, a Chinese restaurant and Tavern in the Square. The following are under construction: Caffè Nero, a bubble tea shop, and a Starbucks as I mentioned above.
The public art is mostly not in place, with the occasional temporary installation. However, there has been a lot of information boards about South Station Travis H. O. ( talk) 17:31, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
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The intercity bus terminal predates 2001 as I used it in 1997. -- Daniel C. Boyer 18:23, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Can it go away? I don't think the article is as need of cleanup as the banner contends. Geoff.green 02:47, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
I was wondering if anyone had any information about where the South Station bulk mail center was being moved to, and whether or not there will still be a 24-hour post office afterwords. -- Beland 06:10, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
The services section in the info box is way too long and duplicates a more compact version nearer to the top. I propose removing it.-- agr ( talk) 16:37, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I've been trying to look at deeds records and the Boston City Assessor's website to get exact dimensions of the building and land, the city Assessor's website seems to give the address as 640 Atlantic Avenue (This made sense to me, because the Federal Bank Reserve building across the street is 600 Atlantic Avenue). To add to that though, I think I do recall the bus terminal in the rear being called 700 Atlantic Avenue. Would it be better to list the Address here as 640-700 Atlantic Avenue?
CaribDigita ( talk) 14:16, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
I'd question the section "Restaurants, shops, shopping districts" which defines them as being "within a radius of approximately one mile." That covers most of downtown Boston and seems way beyond the scope of this article. In particular, one would normally go to other transit stations to get to most of these places.-- agr ( talk) 16:55, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
this would show how much of south station was demolished since 1898.
http://www.south-station.net/Images/Photos/LargePhotos/newhaven2.jpg —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
168.122.12.166 (
talk)
20:35, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
I propose that the MBTA subway part of the article is merged out to a new article with the name of South Station (MBTA subway station). I have made a draft here. Thoughts? If nobody "weighs in" in a week, I will do the changes myself →♠ Gƒoley↔ Four♣← 19:23, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Atlantic Avenue – Pacific Street (New York City Subway), also →♠ Gƒoley↔ Four♣← 02:40, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
I proposed that South Station Headhouse be merged into this article as there is no reason why the station's building should have a separate article when it can be covered with more relevance here. Grk1011 ( talk) 00:58, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Hoi. Is there any information available about the track configuration at the time of the opening of the station? Thus, how many platform tracks were available by then and when was it changed? -- Thogo 06:52, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
It seems very odd to me that in the box on the right side, for all of the Amtrak lines and most of the MBTA lines, South Station is listed as Terminus for the Following Station, but for four lines (the ones which stop at JFK/UMass), South Station is listed as terminus for the Preceding Station. I'm not sure why this is denoted this way, but I think Terminus should either be all under Preceding or all under Following, since the station is the Northern/Eastern terminus for every line listed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.224.205.44 ( talk) 12:27, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
The CapeFLYER is being run by the Cape Cod Regional Transit Administration using MBTA trains south of Middleboro. The infobox suggests that this is an MBTA Commuter Service. It may be useful to somehow list it differently so that readers understand this. FFM784 ( talk) 03:29, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was no consensus. -- BDD ( talk) 23:07, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
– Boston is not the only town in the world with a station named South Station. Cecil Huber ( talk) 21:55, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
Can we centralize this discussion at Talk:North Station? The arguments seem to be repeated in both places. And if we do decide to disambiguate either (which I oppose), I think we should do both for consistency.-- agr ( talk) 18:48, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
@ Funplussmart: If the logo may not be placed anywhere but the infobox, then I believe it should not be in the article at all. (And that goes for other train stations as well.) This is not a case like Amtrak where the logo represents a well-known public company, nor the Mexico City subway stations where the the icons are used for primary identification of the station. The article is about the history and operations of a train station - not of the business that rents out offices in the building, which is scarcely discussed in the article at all - but the logo represents the latter. It is undue weight to place that logo in the most prominent place in the article, where it displaces the much-more-valuable photograph. I believe this is a similar case to WP:BANDLOGO, where there is not sufficient cause to include the logo unless it is substantially discussed in the article. Pi.1415926535 ( talk) 19:24, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
Many of the services are no longer in South Station, and a few are new.
Pinkberry has long been closed, as well as Starbucks (although a new one is opening).
Additionally, there is only a convenience store, a LovePop card booth, and the CVS. Note that CVS's first floor is basically a convenience store, and the second floor is mostly a full CVS.
The eateries are Au Bon Pain, Auntie Anne's/ Carvel, Dunkin', McDonald's, a Chinese restaurant and Tavern in the Square. The following are under construction: Caffè Nero, a bubble tea shop, and a Starbucks as I mentioned above.
The public art is mostly not in place, with the occasional temporary installation. However, there has been a lot of information boards about South Station Travis H. O. ( talk) 17:31, 22 August 2023 (UTC)