Harvard station

Harvard
A northbound train entering Harvard station in June 2024
General information
Location	Massachusetts Avenue at Harvard Square Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°22′24″N 71°07′09″W / 42.3734°N 71.1193°W / 42.3734; -71.1193
Line(s)	Cambridge Tunnel Red Line Northwest Extension
Platforms	2 split platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MBTA bus: 1, 66, 68, 69, 71, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 86, 96
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	21 spaces
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	March 23, 1912
Rebuilt	March 24, 1979–March 2, 1985
Passengers
FY2019	18,528 (weekday average boardings)[1]
Services
Preceding station MBTA Following station Porter toward Alewife Red Line Central toward Ashmont or Braintree
Location

Harvard station is a rapid transit and bus transfer station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Located at Harvard Square, it serves the MBTA's Red Line subway system as well as MBTA buses. Harvard averaged 18,528 entries each weekday in FY2019, making it the third-busiest MBTA station after Downtown Crossing and South Station.^[1] Five of the fifteen key MBTA bus routes stop at the station.

Harvard station is located directly beneath Harvard Square, a transportation, business, and cultural focal point in Cambridge. The Red Line rail platforms lie underneath Massachusetts Avenue just north of the center of the square. Many connecting surface transit routes are served by the Harvard bus tunnel, which runs on the west side of the station. The primary station entrance leads to a central atrium fare lobby under Harvard Square; there is also a secondary fare lobby for the Red Line toward the north end of the station, with entrances at Church Street and opposite it, near Harvard's Johnston Gate; and an unpaid entrance to the bus tunnel at Brattle Square.