MBTA Quincy Adams Station

Overall good experience here. I only used it once, so I really don’t have much experience to give it a solid 5 star rating. All machines seemed to be working. Lots of signs and maps for easy navigating the subways.

Always love parking here when taking the Red Line. Always feel like my car is safe in the garage and never had any issues. Easy in and out of here and having the ability to pay for parking by credit card now is a life saver! Garage is always fairly clean as well as the station is usually very clean. Staff is helpful here to people who do not know the ins and outs of the MBTA.

The Quincy Adams station recently implemented a new card reader for parking at street level. The day they went live, the equipment hadn’t been activated yet, so when I pulled into the lot there was no way to get a ticket. When I went to leave, as usual, there were no MBTA workers anywhere to be found. After figuring out there was an intercom system on the payment machines (if you had a ticket), I was instructed to go to the 2^nd floor to get one. After walking around in the dark for more than 30 minutes (there is no signage anywhere), I went back to my car and in an effort to try and go back to the first floor, I stumbled upon the guard station. After giving cash to a sketchy individual, I was told my only way to exit the station was off the 2^nd floor (there is no way to go back to the 1^st floor). I don’t know who came up with the way to leave, but there are multiple ramps with no clear direction on where to go (and at night you have no idea where the ramps are taking you). The guard told me the only way to get back to the 1^st floor was to take the ramp on the right, then the 1^st two lefts. This took me onto the highway! Horrible, horrible, horrible station. Folks jump the turnstiles in the AM and sneak in at night as people are exiting through the doors. Last year they removed the ability to pay by cash or credit card if you were parking on the 1^st level and now you can only pay if you have a smart phone (fyi — not all of us do). So if you are using this station be prepared to pay $ 7 for lackluster parking, be aware there are no employees around and watch people take advantage of not paying their fares.

Coming from Providence Rhode Island, there is always the question of… how to, when we want to get to boston. The most convenient way for us is drive halfway and take the subway system from there.
There’s never a doubt that quincy adams is our destination for parking and subway. It is always easier to use this location as it is right off the highway and has excellent parking at a cheaper rate then others.
Any subway station is assumed to be dumpy.
Save your self the hassle. You can park all day for just about $ 8. I’d say that’s a pretty good deal.

Some people leaving comments recently are miserable!
The parking garage/​station is under construction and has been for almost a year now and will be for the next year and half
I’ve noticed shoring towers in locations with bad concrete so shit doesn’t fall on your cars also the lighting is being upgraded in dark areas since the lights here seem to have problems. If you can find parking get here sooner it fills up by 8:30−9 so plan accordingly!

Parking lots always a mess with levels always closed the always say under construction but people are NEVER working plus $ 7 a day for a decrepid station …

Compared to Wollaston it is Grand Central nice. One can wait for the train without shivering out in the wind. Unlike Quincy Center, it has a functional garage.

An obvious pro of the Quincy Adams station is the massive parking garage that is available for commuters. Tons of parking although that can sometimes yield significant traffic jams on the way in in the morning or, more commonly, on the way out at night. There are a total of four gated ticket dispensing/​ticket accepting areas to enter or exit, and typically three will be open and ready for the peak flow of traffic. There are several parking pay stations to encourage patrons to pay on foot before returning to their cars, but as with most situations, not everyone likes to follow rules so inevitably there will be a long and painful line to exit the garage. For the mornings I need to drive partway in to Boston though, this stopped the job.

I live between two stations, but I almost always head here, because you always get a seat. It’s fairly clean, you can buy a drink in the station, and it’s got a lot of parking, if you’re into that. I’m not, so I’m happy about the covered bike parking (though the racks are really thick — hope you have a big U lock).

If you can’t find parking at the Braintree T Station, Quincy Adams is a good alternative. You can avoid the traffic in Quincy, plus the garage is huge and always has parking available. Also, the station is cleaner than most other T stations and usually isn’t too crowded in the morning. It is very easy to get from Route 3 to the garage and from the garage to the train. Also, you don’t have to worry about walking in the rain, unless you park on the top levels of the garage, because the escalators and elevators are in covered areas.
The only drawbacks are that the lower level on one side of the garage (which used to be open and made accessing the station and leaving very easy) is now closed off, and it’s almost impossible to get back onto the highway from the garage some nights because of how poorly the access roads to Route 3 from Quincy are set up (and the fact that everyone in Quincy seems to want to leave town before 6 PM). Also, most of the time the escalators to the garage are not working and the elevator is very slow.

Cleaner than most stations, parking garage connected directly to station, trains usually are timely unless there are major delays.
Escalators are one each for going up and down on opposite side.