Mattapan
Mattapan is a railway stop in City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Mattapan is situated nearby to the protected area Neponset River Reservation, as well as near Church of the Holy Spirit.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mattapan station and Blue Hill Avenue station.
Mattapan station
Railway station
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Mattapan station is an MBTA light rail station in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the southern terminus of the Mattapan Line, part of the Red Line, and is also an important MBTA bus transfer station, with eight routes terminating there.
Blue Hill Avenue station
Railway station
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Blue Hill Avenue station is a regional rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Fairmount Line located in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Blue Hill Avenue station is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Mattapan.
Capen Street station
Railway stop
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Capen Street station is a light rail station in Milton, Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA Mattapan Line. It is located on Capen Street off Eliot Street; the westernmost of the four MBTA stations in Milton, it consists of two side platforms flanking the eponymous street's grade crossing. Capen Street station is situated 1,400 feet east of Mattapan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mattapan and Lower Mills.
Mattapan
Suburb
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Mattapan is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Mattapan is the original Massachusett name for the Dorchester area, possibly meaning "a place to sit." At the 2010 census, it had a population of 36,480, with the majority of its population immigrants.
Lower Mills
Neighborhood
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The Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District is a historic district on both sides of the Neponset River in the Dorchester area of Boston and in the town of Milton, Massachusetts.
Ashmont
Neighborhood
Ashmont is a section of the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It includes the subsections of Ashmont Hill, Peabody Square, and Ashmont-Adams. Ashmont is situated 1½ miles northeast of Mattapan.
Mattapan
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.26756° or 42° 16′ 3″ northLongitude
-71.09233° or 71° 5′ 32″ westNetwork
MBTAOpen location code
87JC7W95+23OpenStreetMap ID
node 5568771791OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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