Back of the Hill station

Back of the Hill
An inbound train at Back of the Hill station in 2011
General information
LocationSouth Huntington Avenue at Back of the Hill
Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°19′45.79″N 71°6′39.46″W / 42.3293861°N 71.1109611°W / 42.3293861; -71.1109611
PlatformsNone (passengers wait on sidewalk)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport MBTA bus: 39
Construction
AccessibleNo
History
Openedc. 1982
Passengers
201135 (weekday average)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
Heath Street
Terminus
Green Line Riverway
Location
Map

Back of the Hill station is a surface stop on the light rail MBTA Green Line E branch, located in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is named after, and primarily serves, the adjacent Back of the Hill apartment complex, a Section 8 development for elderly and disabled residents. Back of the Hill is located on the street running section of the E branch on South Huntington Avenue. The station has no platforms; passengers wait in bus shelters (shared with route 39 buses) on the sidewalks and cross a traffic lane to reach Green Line trains.[2]

  1. ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
  2. ^ "Back of the Hill Station Neighborhood Map" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. July 2012.