Charles/MGH station

Charles/MGH station is a rapid transit station on the MBTA Red Line, elevated above Charles Circle on the east end of the Longfellow Bridge in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

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Type: Railway stop
Description: Rapid transit station in Boston
Also known as: “Charles/MGH”
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Massachusetts General Hospital and TD Garden.

Massachusetts General Hospital

Hospital

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Massachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the original and largest clinical education and research facility of Harvard Medical School/Harvard University, and houses the world's largest hospital-based research program with an annual research budget of more than $1.2 billion in 2021. Massachusetts General Hospital is situated 880 feet northeast of Charles/MGH station.

TD Garden

Stadium

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TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening in 1995. TD Garden is situated 3,100 feet northeast of Charles/MGH station.

Frances Appleton Bridge

Bridge

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The Frances Appleton Pedestrian Bridge is a pedestrian bridge in Boston, Massachusetts that opened on August 31, 2018. The bridge, which crosses Storrow Drive, is named in recognition of the celebrated courtship and marriage of Frances “Fanny” Appleton and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, after whom an adjacent larger bridge is named. Frances Appleton Bridge is situated 370 feet southwest of Charles/MGH station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beacon Hill and West End.

Beacon Hill

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.

West End

Suburb

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The West End is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, bounded generally by Cambridge Street to the south, the Charles River to the west and northwest, North Washington Street on the north and northeast, and New Sudbury Street on the east.