Lansdowne station
Lansdowne station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the Framingham/Worcester Line. Lansdowne is located next to the Massachusetts Turnpike in the Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood near Kenmore Square, below grade between Beacon Street and Brookline Avenue.Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: railway station
- Description: MBTA Commuter Rail station in Boston, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Yawkey station” and “Yawkey Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Judson B. Coit Observatory and Tsai Performance Center.
Judson B. Coit Observatory
Observatory
Judson B. Coit Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Boston University on the roof of the College of Arts & Sciences at 725 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Judson B. Coit Observatory is situated 800 feet northwest of Lansdowne station.
Tsai Performance Center
Theater building
Tsai Performance Center is a concert hall located within Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences building. Constructed in 1989, the facility was made possible by a $5.5 million gift from the Tsai Family, particularly Gerald Tsai, who served as a trustee and an honorary board member of the university for a number of years. Tsai Performance Center is situated 730 feet north of Lansdowne station.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Museum
Photo: Biruitorul, Public domain.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts, which houses significant examples of European, Asian, and American art. Its collection includes paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is situated 3,900 feet south of Lansdowne station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fenway-Kenmore and Longwood Medical and Academic Area.
Fenway-Kenmore
Photo: kenji ross, CC BY 2.0.
The Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood is named after Kenmore Square, and after the Fens, both of which it encompasses. Kenmore Square is the area's dynamic urban center.
Longwood Medical and Academic Area
Suburb
Photo: Drsamir, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Longwood Medical and Academic Area, also known as Longwood Medical Area, LMA, or simply Longwood, is a medical campus in Boston, Massachusetts. Flanking Longwood Avenue, LMA is adjacent to the Fenway–Kenmore, Audubon Circle, and Mission Hill neighborhoods, as well as the town of Brookline.
Cambridgeport
Suburb
Photo: Chris Rycroft, CC BY 2.0.
Cambridgeport is one of the neighborhoods of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue, the Charles River, the Grand Junction Railroad, and River Street.
Lansdowne station
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Lansdowne station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “兰斯当站”
- Chinese: “蘭斯唐站”
- Chinese: “蘭斯當站”
- French: “gare de Lansdowne”
- French: “Lansdowne”
- Urdu: “لانس ڈاون اسٹیشن (ایم بی ٹی اے)”
- Urdu: “لانس ڈاون اسٹیشن”
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