Blandford Street (MBTA Station)

Blandford Street (MBTA Station)

Blandford Street is a surface-level station on the MBTA Green Line "B" Branch located in Boston, Massachusetts. The station is located in the center median of Commonwealth Avenue at Silber Way and Blandford Mall, about 2 blocks west of Kenmore Square, near the east end of Boston University. The station consists of two low side platforms which serve the "B" Branch's two tracks. The station is the first station on the "B" Branch after it splits off the "C" and "D" Branches.

Blandford Street is the second-busiest surface stop on the "B" Branch (behind only Harvard Avenue) and the ninth-busiest surface stop overall, with an average of 2,840 boardings per weekday. Although a number of the Green Line surface stops have been upgraded with slightly raised platforms to allow level boarding on Type 8 low-floor trams, Blandford Street is not among them. Of the 13 surface stops with more than 2,000 daily boardings, Blandford Street is the only one with non-accessible platforms.

The name "Blandford Street" for the station is an anachronism, as Blandford Street no longer exists as such. The street, along with Cummington and Hinsdale streets, were bought by Boston University in June 2012. On July 30, 2012, BU closed the roads to most automobile traffic and renamed Blandford Street as Blandford Mall. However, the station is still named Blandford Street.