2006, which necessitated changes to the station design. The change from token payment to the Charliecard system required closing the Blue Line level of the station from June 24 to July 1. The 6-year-long reconstruction of the station was substantially completed in 2011, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 26. The final project cost was $68.3 million, of which about $12 million was design and land acquisition. In October 2011, a 1904 plaque that marked the completion of the East Boston Tunnel was reinstalled in the station. On June 24, 2019, the MBTA Board awarded a $29.7 million, 16-month contract for full cleaning, wayfinding signage replacement, and other improvements at North Station, Haymarket, State, and Downtown Crossing stations. The work was completed in June 2021. The entire Orange Line, including the Orange Line platforms at State station, was closed from August 19 to September 18, 2022, during maintenance work. Bus connections State is served by eight MBTA bus routes: three local routes, three early morning special routes (191-193), and two express routes (352, 354). : –Tide Street : –Downtown Boston via Main Street : Sullivan Square station–Downtown Boston via Bunker Hill Street : – : Cleary Square–Haymarket station : –Haymarket station : Burlington–State Street, Boston : Woburn–State Street, Boston State is also the closest Blue Line stop to the bus hub at , which is three blocks from the Old South Meeting House entrance. References External links MBTA – State MBTA – Elevator Accessibility Upgrades Entrances on Google Maps Street View: Old South Meeting House, Water Street, Old State House, 60 State Street, 53 State Street Blue Line (MBTA) stations Financial District, Boston Orange Line (MBTA) stations Railway stations located underground in Boston Railway stations in the United States opened in 1904