Savin Hill (MBTA station)
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Savin Hill Station, which serves the nearby neighborhood of Savin Hill
Savin Hill
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and adjacent areas in Dorchester, is located on 215 Savin Hill Avenue adjacent to Sydney Street in Dorchester, Massachusetts, just outside of downtown Boston and three stops away from the terminus of the Ashmont Branch
Ashmont (MBTA station)
Ashmont is located on the Red Line in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It opened on September 1, 1928, and is the subway terminal for the Red Line's Dorchester Branch. Ashmont is also the terminus of the light rail Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line, which loops around on an elevated viaduct...
of the MBTA's
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, often referred to as the MBTA or simply The T, is the public operator of most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, area. Officially a "body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision" of the...
Red Line
Red Line (MBTA)
The Red Line is a rapid transit line operated by the MBTA running roughly north-south through Boston, Massachusetts into neighboring communities. The line begins west of Boston, in Cambridge, Massachusetts at Alewife station, near the intersection of Alewife Brook Parkway and Route 2...
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Before a 2005 renovation, the street-level portion of the station contained a large inside shelter. The renovations involved tearing down the entire station, including the shelter, and building a new, ADA-compliant one at the same site. Prior to this, the station was the least changed out of all of the stops on the Red Line's Ashmont Branch. The 18 bus route between Andrew Station
Andrew (MBTA station)
Andrew is a station on the rapid transit Red Line at Dorchester Avenue at Andrew Square, by Southampton Street, Dorchester Street, and Boston Street in South Boston, Massachusetts...
and Fields Corner Station
Fields Corner (MBTA station)
Fields Corner is a station on the rapid transit Red Line at Fields Corner in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It opened on November 5, 1927, serving as the south end of the line for about a year...
stops by the station.