Massachusetts
Suffolk
City of Boston

South Station

South Station, officially The Governor Michael S. Dukakis Transportation Center at South Station, is the largest railroad station and intercity bus terminal in and 's second-largest transportation center after .
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Photo: ArnoldReinhold, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: train station in Boston
  • Address: 700 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include South Station Tower and Boston Children’s Museum.

Building
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a skyscraper in Boston, Massachusetts, the high-rise portion of a three-building development. Construction on Phase 1 of the project, a 51-story, 678-foot tower with offices and condominiums, started in January 2020 and finished in September 2025.

Museum
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Boston Children's Museum is a children's museum in Boston, , dedicated to the education of children. Located on Children's Wharf along the , Boston Children's Museum is the second oldest children's museum in the United States. is situated 1,500 feet east of South Station.

Railway stop
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is a transfer station on the MBTA rapid transit Red Line and bus rapid transit Silver Line, located at Summer Street and Atlantic Avenue in downtown , Massachusetts. is situated 440 feet north of South Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leather District and Financial District.

Neighborhood
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The is a neighborhood of near South Street, between the Financial District and . The is a tightly defined area bounded by Kneeland Street to the south, Essex Street to the north, Atlantic Avenue to the east and Lincoln Street to the west.

Suburb
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The of is located in , near and . Like many areas within Boston, the has no official definition.

Suburb
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Downtown is really the heart of the city. Boston City Hall is here, and many powerful companies and agencies are headquartered in the area. Since urban planning was done here before the advent of the automobile, this area of town has secured a decidedly European flavor.

South Station

Latitude
42.35155° or 42° 21′ 6″ north
Longitude
-71.05515° or 71° 3′ 19″ west
Network
Amtrak;MBTA;CCRTA
Open location code
87JC9W2V+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6097540132
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q54453
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“South Station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة بوسطن الجنوبية”
  • Catalan: “South Station”
  • Chinese: “南站”
  • Chinese: “波士頓南站”
  • Chinese: “波士顿南站”
  • Danish: “South Station”
  • Dutch: “South Station”
  • Esperanto: “Bostona Suda Stacidomo”
  • French: “Boston South”
  • French: “gare de Boston South”
  • French: “South Station”
  • German: “Boston South Station”
  • Hebrew: “התחנה הדרומית”
  • Italian: “Boston South Station”
  • Italian: “South Station”
  • Italian: “stazione di Boston Sud”
  • Italian: “Stazione di Boston Sud”
  • Japanese: “サウス駅 (ボストン)”
  • Japanese: “サウス駅”
  • Japanese: “ボストン南駅”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “South Station”
  • Polish: “Boston South Station”
  • Portuguese: “South Station”
  • Spanish: “South Station”
  • Swedish: “South Station”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “South Station”. Photo: ArnoldReinhold, CC BY-SA 3.0.