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BACK OF THE HILL
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 02130
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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42°19′45.79″N 71°6′39.46″W / 42.3293861°N 71.1109611°W / 42.3293861; -71.1109611

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 MBTA subway station, averaging only 35 riders per day by a 2011 count; it is one of only four MBTA subway stations to average fewer than 100 riders per day.^[1]^{[note 1]} 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 (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 Station - Back Bay Station via Huntington Avenue

One additional route terminates at nearby Heath Street:

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

Notes

^ The others, as of 2014, are Valley Road (44 riders/day), Capen Street (58 riders/day), and Cedar Grove (91 riders/day), all on the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line.

References

^ ^a ^b "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

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[2] The others, as of 2014, are Valley Road (44 riders/day), Capen Street (58 riders/day), and Cedar Grove (91 riders/day), all on the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line.

[bluebook-1] "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14 ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

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 '''Back of the Hill''' is a surface stop on the light rail [[MBTA]] [[Green Line (MBTA)|Green Line]] [[Green Line "E" Branch|"E" Branch]], located in the [[Mission Hill, Boston, Massachusetts|Mission Hill]] neighborhood of [[Boston, Massachusetts]].  It is named after, and primarily serves, the adjacent Back of the Hill apartment complex, a [[Section 8 (housing)|Section 8]] development for elderly and disabled residents.
-Back of the Hill is the least-used MBTA subway station, averaging only 35 riders per day by a 2013 count; it is one of only four MBTA subway stations to average fewer than 100 riders per day.<ref name=bluebook /><ref group=note>The others, as of 2014, are [[Valley Road (MBTA station)|Valley Road]] (44 riders/day), [[Capen Street (MBTA station)|Capen Street]] (58 riders/day), and [[Cedar Grove (MBTA station)|Cedar Grove]] (91 riders/day), all on the [[Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line]].</ref>  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 (MBTA station)|Heath Street]] and shares its infrastructure with a bus stop.
+Back of the Hill is the least-used MBTA subway station, averaging only 35 riders per day by a 2011 count; it is one of only four MBTA subway stations to average fewer than 100 riders per day.<ref name=bluebook /><ref group=note>The others, as of 2014, are [[Valley Road (MBTA station)|Valley Road]] (44 riders/day), [[Capen Street (MBTA station)|Capen Street]] (58 riders/day), and [[Cedar Grove (MBTA station)|Cedar Grove]] (91 riders/day), all on the [[Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line]].</ref>  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 (MBTA station)|Heath Street]] and shares its infrastructure with a bus stop.
 ==Station layout==