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The station is surrounded by large parks, to the west of the station is Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum, part of Boston's Emerald Necklace. To the east is the Forest Hills Cemetery and Franklin Park, another part of Boston's Emerald Necklace. The station also marks the southern end of the linear Southwest Corridor Park, built over and around the Southwest Corridor which carries Amtrak, commuter rail, and Orange Line trains into the center of Boston.
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