Boylston (MBTA station)

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name=Boylston Station


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image_caption=Boylston Station, northbound Green Line platform, September 2005. Besides being one of the oldest subway stations, it was also one of the most dimly lit. In 2006 the station was refurbished with brighter lighting and painting.
address=Boylston and Tremont Streets, Downtown Boston
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opened=September 3, 1897 (Green Line)
July 30, 2002 (Silver Line)
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:"For the Orange Line station formerly called Boylston, see Chinatown."

Boylston Station is a MBTA station on the Green Line, located on the southeast end of the Boston Common at the intersection of Boylston and Tremont Streets.

This station was originally constructed in 1897, making it one of the two oldest subway stations in the United States, along with Park Street. Of the two, it is the less changed from its original appearance.

Historic Boston PCC trolleys are also kept on display in the station. It is doubted that they are in operable condition. The trolleys are on a set of outer tracks leading to a southward tunnel originally heading for the Pleasant Street Incline, with long-discontinued service through to South Boston via Broadway. Some of the proposals for completing Phase III of the Silver Line involve reopening portions of the tunnel for direct connections to the Boylston Green Line station.

H. P. Lovecraft's story, "Pickman's Model," mentions a fictional painting in which monsters "were clambering up from some unknown catacomb through a crack in the floor of the Boylston Street subway and attacking a crowd of people on the platform."

During the summer of 2006, the MBTA began installing brighter lighting at Bolyston Station, taking away from the old dim look.

Attractions

* Boston Common
* Theater District
* Loews Boston Common movie theater
* Chinatown
* Emerson College

Accessibility

This station is not wheelchair accessible.