Boylston (MBTA station)

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Inbound platform at Boylston in 2012
Location	Boylston Street at Tremont Street Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°21′09″N 71°03′53″W / 42.35250°N 71.06472°W / 42.35250; -71.06472 (Boylston MBTA Station)Coordinates: 42°21′09″N 71°03′53″W / 42.35250°N 71.06472°W / 42.35250; -71.06472 (Boylston MBTA Station)
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Green Line   Silver Line
Platforms	2 island platforms (used as side platforms)
Tracks	4 (2 used)
History
Opened	September 3, 1897 (Green Line) July 30, 2002 (Silver Line)
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	6,826 (weekday average boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Arlington toward Boston College Green Line "B" Branch Park Street Terminus Arlington toward Cleveland Circle Green Line "C" Branch Park Street toward North Station Arlington toward Riverside Green Line "D" Branch Park Street toward Government Center Arlington toward Heath Street Green Line "E" Branch Park Street toward Lechmere Tufts Medical Center toward Dudley Square Silver Line SL5 Downtown Crossing One-way operation   Former services   Boston Elevated Railway Pleasant Street toward Dudley Main Line Elevated 1901-1908 Park Street toward Sullivan Square MBTA Arlington toward Watertown Yard Green Line "A" Branch discontinued 1969 Park Street Terminus

Boylston is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line system, and is located on the southeast corner of Boston Common at the intersection of Boylston Street and Tremont Street. Boylston opened along with Park Street in 1897 as the first subway stations in North America. After more than a century of continuous operation, Boylston station retains an appearance more like its original look than any other station in the MBTA system.

Boylston station serves as a stop on the bus rapid transit Silver Line, with a southbound stop at street level. Construction of a proposed underground Silver Line station at this location has been postponed indefinitely.

Boylston is not handicapped accessible. Nearby Park Street, Chinatown, and Arlington stations are fully accessible.

Boylston station is located at the intersection of Boylston Street and Tremont Street in southern Downtown Boston, slightly to the east of the Back Bay neighborhood. Boylston's central location places it near many important Boston landmarks and points-of-interest. The southeastern corner of Boston Common and the northeastern corner of Emerson College are located at the intersection of Boylston Street and Tremont Street. Boylston is the closest Green Line station to the Washington Street Theatre District and Boston's Chinatown.

Boston's Chinatown is directly east of the station, and the Chinatown station on the Orange Line, only a block east at Washington Street, took its name from the neighborhood in 1987; one platform had earlier been named "Boylston" as well.