Back of the Hill station

Back of the Hill
An inbound train at Back of the Hill station in 2011
General information
Location	South Huntington Avenue at Back of the Hill Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°19′45.79″N 71°6′39.46″W
Owned by	MBTA
Line(s)	Green Line "E" branch
Platforms	None (passengers must wait on sidewalks)
Tracks	2
Passengers
2011	35 (weekday average)
Services
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Back of the Hill is a surface stop on the light rail MBTA Green Line "E" Branch, located in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is named after, and primarily serves, the adjacent Back of the Hill apartment complex, a Section 8 development for elderly and disabled residents.

Back of the Hill is the least-used stop on the MBTA subway system, averaging only 35 riders per day by a 2011 count. It is one of only four stops to average fewer than 100 riders per day. Despite this, it is kept open to serve the apartment complex and because of its low operational impact: it only delays riders using adjacent Heath Street and shares its infrastructure with a bus stop.

Station layout

Back of the Hill is located on the street running section of the "E" Branch on South Huntington Avenue. The station has no platforms; passengers wait in bus shelters on the sidewalks and cross a traffic lane to reach Green Line trains.

Outbound	■ "E" Branch	toward Heath Street (Terminus)
Inbound	■ '"E" Branch	toward Lechmere (Riverway)

Bus connections

Back of the Hill shares its bus shelters with one MBTA Bus route:

• 39 Forest Hills — Back Bay via Huntington Avenue

One additional route terminates at nearby Heath Street:

• 14 Roslindale Square - Heath Street via Dudley Station, Grove Hall & Jackson Square Station

External links

• MBTA - Back of the Hill
• Station from Google Maps Street View