Back Bay station

Back Bay station is an intermodal passenger station in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located just south of Copley Square in Boston's Back Bay and South End neighborhoods.

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Type: Bus stop
Description: railway station in Boston, Massachusetts
Also known as: “Back Bay”, “Back Bay · South End”, “Back Bay Station”, and “Boston Back Bay”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Copley Square and John Hancock Tower.

Copley Square

Park

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Copley Square is a public square in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, bounded by Boylston Street, Clarendon Street, St. James Avenue, and Dartmouth Street.

John Hancock Tower

Office building

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The John Hancock Tower, colloquially known as the Hancock, is a 60-story, 790-foot skyscraper in the Back Bay neighborhood of downtown Boston, Massachusetts. John Hancock Tower is situated 650 feet north of Back Bay station.

The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel

Hotel

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The Fairmont Copley Plaza is a Forbes four-star, AAA four-diamond hotel in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, managed by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel is situated 720 feet northwest of Back Bay station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South End and Back Bay.

South End

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Possessing the largest Victorian row house district in the country, the South End is one of Boston's most popular places. After many homes underwent renovation in the 1960s, upscale restaurants and art galleries sprang up, and the area has attracted a diverse blend of families, young professionals, a gay and lesbian community and a thriving artistic center.

Back Bay

Suburb

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Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.

Bay Village

Suburb

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

Bay Village is the smallest officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. As of 2010, its population was approximately 1,312 residents living in 837 housing units, most of which are small brick rowhouses.

Back Bay station

Categories: metro station, railway station, underground station, and transportation
Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.34748° or 42° 20′ 51″ north

Longitude

-71.07459° or 71° 4′ 29″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Operator

MBTA

Network

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Open location code

87JC8WWG+X5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13319732396

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=bus_stop

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=platform

GeoNames ID

4929536

Wikidata ID

Q3675991

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Satellite Map

Discover Back Bay station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Back Bay station” goes by many names.

Chinese: “後灣站”
Dutch: “Back Bay”
French: “Back Bay”
French: “Boston Back Bay”
French: “gare de Back Bay”
French: “Gare de Back Bay”
German: “Back Bay”
Japanese: “バック・ベイ駅”
Spanish: “Back Bay”

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