Boylston (MBTA station)

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

Green Line
	Image:Handicap reverse 12px.svg	Lechmere "E" END

		Science Park

	Image:Handicap reverse 12px.svg	North Station "C" END



	Image:Handicap reverse 12px.svg	Haymarket



		Government Center "B"-"D" END



	Image:Handicap reverse 12px.svg	Park Street



		Boylston



		Arlington

		Copley
		"E" Branch to Heath


		Hynes

		Kenmore

"B" Branch to Boston College "C" Branch to Cleveland Circle "D" Branch to Riverside

Boylston Station, northbound Green Line platform, September 2005. Besides being one of the oldest subway stations, it is also one of the most dimly lit.

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.

CharlieCard fare equipment was recently installed at Boylston.