Harvard station

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MBTA Red Line station bus station rapid transit station

Harvard station is a major Red Line subway and bus hub on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) system located in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Harvard station canonical	9
Harvard Square MBTA station	1
Harvard Square station	1
Harvard Station	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1202841 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Harvard station
Context triple: [Cambridge city center, servedBy, Harvard station]

A. Medford station
Medford station is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail stop located in Medford, New York, serving passengers on the Ronkonkoma Branch.
B. Copley station
Copley station is a major underground MBTA subway stop in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, serving multiple branches of the Green Line and providing access to nearby landmarks like Copley Square and the Boston Public Library.
C. Boylston station
Boylston station is a historic underground light rail stop in downtown Boston that serves the MBTA Green Line.
D. Belmont station
Belmont station is a major Chicago Transit Authority 'L' station on the North Side that serves as a key transfer point between multiple rapid transit lines.
E. Massachusetts Avenue station
Massachusetts Avenue station is an underground rapid transit stop in Boston, Massachusetts, located in the South End and served by the MBTA's Orange Line.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Harvard station
Target entity description: Harvard station is a major Red Line subway and bus hub on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) system located in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

A. Medford station
Medford station is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail stop located in Medford, New York, serving passengers on the Ronkonkoma Branch.
B. Copley station
Copley station is a major underground MBTA subway stop in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, serving multiple branches of the Green Line and providing access to nearby landmarks like Copley Square and the Boston Public Library.
C. Boylston station
Boylston station is a historic underground light rail stop in downtown Boston that serves the MBTA Green Line.
D. Belmont station
Belmont station is a major Chicago Transit Authority 'L' station on the North Side that serves as a key transfer point between multiple rapid transit lines.
E. Massachusetts Avenue station
Massachusetts Avenue station is an underground rapid transit stop in Boston, Massachusetts, located in the South End and served by the MBTA's Orange Line.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	MBTA Red Line station ⓘ bus station ⓘ rapid transit station ⓘ
city	Cambridge ⓘ
connectsTo	MBTA bus routes serving Allston ⓘ MBTA bus routes serving Arlington ⓘ MBTA bus routes serving Brighton ⓘ MBTA bus routes serving Cambridge ⓘ MBTA bus routes serving Somerville ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
fareSystem	MBTA CharlieCard ⓘ MBTA CharlieTicket ⓘ MBTA cash fare ⓘ
fareZone	1A ⓘ
formerName	Harvard Square ⓘ
hasAccessibility	wheelchair accessible ⓘ
hasArt	public art installations ⓘ
hasBicycleFacilities	yes ⓘ
hasBusConnections	yes ⓘ
hasBusway	underground busway ⓘ
hasEntrance	Brattle Square entrance ⓘ Church Street entrance ⓘ Harvard Square plaza entrances ⓘ
hasLevel	multiple underground levels ⓘ
hasPlatformType	island platform ⓘ
hasStructureType	underground station ⓘ
hasTracks	2 ⓘ
isMajorHubFor	MBTA Red Line ⓘ MBTA bus network ⓘ
isOneOf	busiest stations on the MBTA Red Line ⓘ
locatedIn	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ Harvard Square ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
nearbyLandmark	Harvard Art Museums ⓘ Harvard Coop ⓘ Harvard Kennedy School ⓘ Harvard Yard ⓘ
openingDate	1912 ⓘ
operatedBy	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ⓘ linked to: MBTA
ownedBy	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ⓘ linked to: MBTA
partOf	MBTA Red Line ⓘ
reconstructed	1980s ⓘ
serves	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ Harvard Square ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ
state	Massachusetts ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cambridge city center → servedBy → Harvard station ⓘ

MBTA bus route 1 → serves → Harvard Square station ⓘ

linked to: Harvard station

John F. Kennedy Street → hasNearby → Harvard Square MBTA station ⓘ

linked to: Harvard station

Red Line (MBTA) → connectsStation → Harvard station ⓘ

subject linked to: Red Line

Central station → hasAdjacentStation → Harvard station ⓘ

Harvard bus tunnel → connectsTo → Harvard station ⓘ

Red Line (MBTA) → hasStation → Harvard station ⓘ

subject linked to: Red Line and Green Line

Red Line Alewife branch → hasStation → Harvard station ⓘ

Cambridge bus network → connectsTo → Harvard station ⓘ

Red Line (MBTA) → servesStation → Harvard station ⓘ

subject linked to: Red Line is colored red

Transportation in Middlesex County, Massachusetts → containsFacility → Harvard Station ⓘ

linked to: Harvard station

Church Street entrance → partOf → Harvard station ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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