Longwood Medical Area station

Not to be confused with Longwood station (MBTA).

Longwood Medical Area station is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line E branch, located in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is named for the adjacent Longwood Medical Area.

Longwood Medical Area
An inbound train at Longwood Medical Area station in April 2024
General information
Location	Huntington Avenue at Longwood Avenue Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42.33595°N 71.10002°W / 42.33595; -71.10002
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA bus: 39, CT2, MIS
Construction
Accessible	Yes
History
Rebuilt	2001–January 13, 2003[1]
Passengers
2011	3,813 (daily average boardings)[2]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Brigham Circle toward Heath Street Green Line E branch Museum of Fine Arts toward Medford/​Tufts
Location

History

A streetcar at the stop in 1942

Until the completion of the Huntington Avenue subway from Copley to a portal near Opera Place on February 16, 1941, streetcars ran on the surface from the Boylston Street portal. Like other surface stops on the median-reservation section of the line, Longwood Avenue station had bare asphalt platforms. In 1972, the MBTA began planning a reconstruction of that section of the line, then scheduled for 1973-74.^[3] The work was eventually done in 1980, when the line was closed to modify the track and wires for the new LRVs. The line was cut back to Symphony on March 21, 1980; it was re-extended to Northeastern (using LRVs) on June 21 and Brigham Circle on September 20.^[4]

The station was renamed from Longwood–Hospitals to Longwood Medical Area in the 1980s.^[5] Longwood Medical Area's 3,813 daily boardings make it the busiest surface stop on the Green Line.^[2] In the early 2000s, the MBTA modified key surface stops with raised platforms for accessibility as part of the Light Rail Accessibility Program. The renovation of Longwood Medical Area - part of a $32 million modification of thirteen B, C, and E branch stations - was completed on January 13, 2003.^[6][1]

References

1. "MBTA Short Notes" (PDF). TRANSreport. Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization. February 2003. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2011.
2. "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
3. "Surface Lines Report". Rollsign. Vol. 9, no. 8/9. Boston Street Railway Association. August–September 1972. Via Tremont Street Subway NHL documentation
4. Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association.
5. Prescott, Michael R. (11 October 2009). Boston Transit Equipment 1979-2009. Boston Street Railway Association. p. 60. ISBN 9780938315063.
6. "Planned Accessibility Projects - On Board the Green Line". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2004.

External links

Media related to Longwood Medical Area station at Wikimedia Commons

• MBTA – Longwood Medical Area
• Longwood Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View