Pleasant Street (MBTA station)
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Pleasant Street Station is an aboveground at-grade station on the Green Line
"B" Branch of the MBTA
subway
system in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located in the median of Commonwealth Avenue
, on the western side of its intersection with Harry Agganis Way (on the north side) and Pleasant Street (on the south side, extending into Brookline
). It serves the western end of the John Hancock Student Village at Boston University
.
Pleasant Street is the sixth station for outbound "B" trains after the Blandford Street Incline and the branch's split from the "C" and "D" Branches at Kenmore
. It was also a station on the "A" Branch to Watertown until that branch closed in 1969.
It is not related to the Pleasant Street Incline
, which was located near the Theater District in central Boston.
Green Line (MBTA)
The Green Line is a streetcar system run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in the Boston, Massachusetts area of the United States. It is the oldest line of Boston's subway, which is known locally as the 'T'. The Green Line runs underground downtown and on the surface in outlying...
"B" Branch of the MBTA
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, often referred to as the MBTA or simply The T, is the public operator of most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, area. Officially a "body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision" of the...
subway
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
system in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located in the median of Commonwealth Avenue
Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Commonwealth Avenue is a major street in the cities of Boston and Newton, Massachusetts. It begins at the western edge of the Public Garden, and continues west through the neighborhoods of the Back Bay, Kenmore Square, Allston, Brighton and Chestnut Hill...
, on the western side of its intersection with Harry Agganis Way (on the north side) and Pleasant Street (on the south side, extending into Brookline
Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, which borders on the cities of Boston and Newton. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 58,732.-Etymology:...
). It serves the western end of the John Hancock Student Village at Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
.
Pleasant Street is the sixth station for outbound "B" trains after the Blandford Street Incline and the branch's split from the "C" and "D" Branches at Kenmore
Kenmore (MBTA station)
Kenmore is an MBTA light rail station in the Kenmore Square area of Boston, Massachusetts, and serves the Green Line B, C, and D branches...
. It was also a station on the "A" Branch to Watertown until that branch closed in 1969.
It is not related to the Pleasant Street Incline
Pleasant Street Incline
The Pleasant Street Incline or Pleasant Street Portal was the southern access point for the Tremont Street Subway in Boston, Massachusetts, which later became part of the Green Line .-History:...
, which was located near the Theater District in central Boston.