Longwood Medical Area (MBTA station)
LONGWOOD MEDICAL AREA | |||||||||||
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 Longwood Medical Area station in September 2012 | |||||||||||
| Location |
Huntington Avenue at Longwood Avenue Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Rebuilt | 2002-2003 | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2011) | 3,813 (daily average boardings)[1] | ||||||||||
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Longwood Medical Area is a stop on the E branch of the MBTA's Green Line in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, MA. It is the named for the adjacent Longwood Medical Area, which is the home of Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston, and Brigham and Women's Hospital. (Brigham Circle, which is one stop further outbound, is actually closer to most of the buildings of Harvard's Medical School and School of Public Health.)
Colleges located near the stop include Wentworth Institute of Technology, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA), and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt). It is also the closest Green Line stop to Boston Latin School. This station is also served by the Route #39 bus along Huntington Avenue.
The similarly named Longwood station on the D branch of the Green Line is located across the Riverway at the opposite end of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, a cluster of academic and medical facilities that lie along Longwood Avenue.
Longwood Medical Area's 3,813 daily boardings make it the busiest surface stop on the Green Line.[1]
Station layout
| G Ground/ platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Outbound | ← "E" Branch toward Heath (Brigham Circle) | |
| Inbound | → "E" Branch toward Lechmere (Museum of Fine Arts) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Bus connections
- CT2 Sullivan Station - Ruggles Station via Kendall/MIT
- 39 Forest Hills Sta. - Back Bay Sta. via Huntington Ave. (Arborway replacement service)
References
- 1 2 "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
External links
- MBTA Green Line -- Longwood Medical Area Station
Media related to Longwood Medical Area (MBTA station) at Wikimedia Commons- Longwood Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
Coordinates: 42°20′09″N 71°06′00″W / 42.33595°N 71.10002°W