Heath Street station
Heath Street | |||||||||||
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 Heath Street station in September 2012 | |||||||||||
| Location | Heath Street at VA Hospital Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°19′43″N 71°06′38″W / 42.32868°N 71.11068°W / 42.32868; -71.11068Coordinates: 42°19′43″N 71°06′38″W / 42.32868°N 71.11068°W / 42.32868; -71.11068 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Green Line "E" branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 (on a balloon loop) | ||||||||||
| Connections |  MBTA Bus: 14, 39 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Rebuilt | January 13, 2003.[1] | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2011) | 820 (weekday average boardings)[2] | ||||||||||
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MBTAHeath Street (announced as Heath Street/VA Medical Center) is an MBTA transit station in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the terminus of the Green Line "E" Branch. It is located at the intersection of South Huntington Avenue and Heath Street on the border between the Mission Hill and Jamaica Plain neighborhoods. The station is accessible when served by the MBTA's newer low-floor trolley cars and buses.
Contents
1 History
2 Bus connections
3 References
4 External links
History
Heath Street station, announced as Heath Street/VA Medical Center during construction, was originally a minor turnback for the Arborway Line. In the late 70s, two waiting shelters with signage were built. After four years of rebuilding, "E" Branch service resumed to Heath Street (but not to Arborway) on November 4, 1989. It has served as the line's terminus since.[3]
The shelter across the street from the Heath Street terminal was demolished in the 2000s, but the one inside the loop remains. The shelter is also used as an office for MBTA employees.
The station was made handicapped accessible along with four other E Branch surface stations in a renovation project completed on January 13, 2003.[1]
Bus connections
14 Roslindale Square via Dudley Station, Grove Hall & American Legion Highway
39 Forest Hills Station - Back Bay Station via Huntington Avenue
References
^ ab "MBTA Short Notes" (PDF). TRANSreport. Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization. February 2003. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
^ Belcher, Jonathan (27 June 2015). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2015" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
External links
Media related to Heath Street (MBTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
- MBTA Green Line -- Heath Street Station
- Huntington Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Station from Heath Street from Google Maps Street View
