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Orient Heights station

Rapid transit station in East Boston, Massachusetts
Train Station Metro Station Q4163495

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
metro station, station located on surface[4]

Operator

Owned by
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority[6]

Location

Country
United States[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 42.387°, -71.005°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Boston[1]

Status and dates

State of use
in use[13]
More facts +7
Adjacent station
Wood Island station, Suffolk Downs station[7][8]
Connecting line
Blue Line[5]
Date of official closure
1940[12]
Date of official opening
January 5, 1952[10]
Disabled accessibility
wheelchair accessible[11]
Number of platform tracks
+2[9]
Transport network
MBTA subway[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en Orient Heights station de Orient Heights zh 東方高地站 zh 东部高地站 zh 东方高地站 zh-hans 东部高地站 zh-hant 東部高地站
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Train at Orient Heights, November 2013.JPG ↗
Freebase ID
/m/0dhnfm
GeoNames ID
4946402
Onestop ID
s-drt90hrcsh-orientheights, s-drt90hrcm0-orientheights, s-drt90hrcms-orientheights
OpenStreetMap node ID
69504367
📚 Sources · 1
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20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
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🔗 Connections
Adjacent station 2
Suffolk Downs station, Wood Island station
← Adjacent station 2
Suffolk Downs station, Wood Island station
Connecting line 1
Blue Line
Country 1
United States
Instance of 1
metro station
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Boston
Owned by 1
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Transport network 1
MBTA subway
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  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Pi.1415926535 · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Transport network → MBTA subway
    Country → United States
    Number of platform tracks → 2
    Owned by → Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Coordinate location: 42°23'12.8"N, 71°0'17.3"W"
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