Boston

South Station

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Boston South Station is the largest train station in Massachusetts. The station building was built in 1899. Today, many passenger trains depart from here to Washington, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Albany, Cleveland, as well as to small cities in the state. The building also houses a metro station and a bus station.

The historic building of the South Station, lined with granite, is made in neoclassical style. Upstairs, in the central part of the building, is a clock whose mechanism is the largest handmade mechanism in Massachusetts. On the clock sits a stone eagle, whose weight is more than 8 tons. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places of the United States.

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