Heath Street (MBTA station)

Infobox Station
name=Heath Street

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address=Heath Street at VA Hospital, Boston
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platform=1 side platform
tracks=1 balloon loop
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owned=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
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services=The Heath Street stop along South Huntington Avenue is the temporary western terminus of the MBTA Green Line E branch in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, MA. Scheduled travel time to Park Street is about 22 minutes.

Nearby destinations

* Veterans Administration hospital
* MSPCA-Angell
* Hyde Square, Jamaica Plain
* Olmsted Park
* Nira Rock Urban Wilds

Controversy

Train service originally ran on the E Line beyond Heath Street to Arborway, along Centre Street in Jamaica Plain, but service was "temporarily" replaced in 1985 by the number 39 bus. Pursuant to environmental mitigation commitments made by the state regarding the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (BigDig), service south of Heath Street was supposed to resume as soon as the tracks and overhead wires were reconstructed and a sufficient number of low-floor streetcars were available to operate the service. However, the MBTA may be slowly backing out of this commitment, as many track sections between Heath Street and Arborway have been paved over and/or overhead wires have been removed. In January, 2005, the Conservation Law Foundation filed suit in federal court to enforce the agreement. The MBTA requested dismissal of the suit, but in March 2006 the judge ruled that the case should proceed.

Bus connections

*MBTABus|14 Roslindale Sq. via Dudley Sta., Grove Hall & American Legion Hwy.
*MBTABus|39 Forest Hills Sta. - Back Bay Sta. via Huntington Ave.

The previous special transfer policy between the Green Line and #39 bus was terminated on January 1, 2007. As of that date, all subway-to-local bus and local bus-to-subway transfers will total $1.70 with the use of a CharlieCard (plastic), this transfer connection must be completed within 2 hours of the first swipe; passengers will be charged a total of $1.70 for the two combined modes of travel on their Charlie Card. Passengers paying in either cash or using a CharlieTicket (paper) will not receive the discounted $1.70 rate for both modes of travel and will end up paying one full subway fare ($2.00) plus one local bus fare ($1.50) totaling up to $3.50.

Accessibility

The station is accessible when served by the MBTA's newer low-floor trolley cars and buses. See MBTA accessibility.