Central (MBTA station)

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Red Line
Handicapped access Alewife
Handicapped access Davis
Handicapped access Porter
Handicapped access Harvard
   
Central (MBTA station)
 Handicapped access Central
Handicapped access Kendall/MIT
Charles/MGH
Handicapped access Park Street
Handicapped access Downtown Crossing
Handicapped access South Station
Handicapped access Broadway
Handicapped access Andrew
Handicapped access JFK/UMass
Handicapped access Savin Hill
Fields Corner
   
Shawmut (MBTA station)
 Shawmut
Handicapped access Ashmont
High Speed Line to
Handicapped access Mattapan
Handicapped access North Quincy
Wollaston
Handicapped access Quincy Center
Handicapped access Quincy Adams
Handicapped access Braintree

Central Station is located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Western Avenue, Prospect Street, and Magazine Street (Central Square), in Cambridge, MA. Its facilities include:

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[edit] Attractions

  • MIT, about a 12-minute walk south along Massachusetts Avenue (note that the Kendall stop is much closer).
  • Cambridge City Hall
  • main Cambridge post office (02139)
  • shops and restaurants
  • churches, mosque and synagogues

[edit] Bus connections

  • 1 Harvard/Holyoke Gate-Dudley Sta. via Mass Ave.
  • 47 Central Sq.,Cambridge-Broadway Sta. Via B.U. Medical Center
  • 64 Oak Sq.-University Park or Kendall/MIT
  • 70 Cedarwood or Watertown Sq.-University Park
  • 70A North Waltham-University Park
  • 83 Rindge Avenue-Central Sta.,Cambridge
  • 91 Sullivan Sq. Sta-Central Sq.,Cambridge via Washington St.
  • CT1 Central Sq.,Cambridge-B.U. Medical Ctr./Boston Medical Ctr. Via M.I.T.

[edit] Accessibility

Central Square Station is wheelchair accessible. See MBTA accessibility.

[edit] Trivia

Central Station's platform area appears as a backdrop in the Xbox game Karaoke Revolution.

[edit] External links

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