Boylston (MBTA station)

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Boylston Station, northbound Green Line platform, September 2005. Besides being one of the oldest subway stations, it was also one of the most dimly lit. In 2006 the station was refurbished with brighter lighting and painting.
Boylston Station
Station statistics
Address	Boylston and Tremont Streets, Downtown Boston
Lines	MBTA Subway Silver Line Green Line
Other information
Opened	September 3, 1897 (Green Line) July 30, 2002 (Silver Line)
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

For the Orange Line station formerly called Boylston, see Chinatown.

Bolyston Station is a MBTA station on the Green Line, located on the southeast end of the Boston Common at the intersection of Bolyston and Tremont Streets.

This station was originally constructed in 1897, making it one of the two oldest subway stations in the United States, along with Park Street. Of the two, it is the less changed from its original appearance. Historic Boston trolleys are also kept on display in the station.

H. P. Lovecraft's story, "Pickman's Model," mentions a fictional painting in which monsters "were clambering up from some unknown catacomb through a crack in the floor of the Boylston Street subway and attacking a crowd of people on the platform."

During the summer of 2006, the MBTA began installing brighter lighting at Bolyston Station, taking away from the old dim look.

[edit] Attractions

• Boston Common
• Theater District
• Loews Boston Common movie theater
• Chinatown
• Emerson College

[edit] Accessibility

This station is not wheelchair accessible.

Previous station		MBTA		Next station
Arlington toward Boston College		Green Line "B" Branch		Park Street toward Government Center
Arlington toward Riverside		Green Line "D" Branch
Arlington toward Cleveland Circle		Green Line "C" Branch		Park Street toward North Station
Arlington toward Heath Street		Green Line "E" Branch		Park Street toward Lechmere
New England Medical Center toward Dudley Square		Silver Line Washington Street		Downtown Crossing One-way operation