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Lechmere is a light rail station and the present-day northern terminus of the MBTA Green Line. It is located at Lechmere Square in East Cambridge, Massachusetts near the intersection of Cambridge Street and Monsignor O'Brien Highway ( Route 28). Green Line trains run around a balloon loop, inside which is a small yard used for midday and overnight storage. The station has two platforms, which are not connected within fare control; the outbound terminus is on the northeast side of the loop and the inbound platform is on the southwest side. Lechmere station is fully handicapped accessible.
As part of the Green Line Extension project, the current (1922-built) Lechmere station is planned to be demolished. A new elevated station will be built on the opposite side of the O'Brien Highway. This station will be adjacent to the Northpoint development and will have a direct connection to the Somerville Community Path. The new station is planned to open in 2017, and will be an intermediate station on the "D" and "E" branches and will no longer serve as a terminus.
Lechmere was a retail company.
Lechmere may also refer to:
- Lechmere (surname)
- Lechmere (MBTA station), a stop on the Green Line of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority
- Lechmere Canal
- Lechmere Point Corporation Houses
- Lechmere Square, a geographic location in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Lechmere Viaduct
- Lechmere, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Lechmere (; sometimes described as Lechmere's) was a New England retail store that closed in 1997. It had 24 stores located throughout New England and New York, offering electronics and appliances.
Lechmere is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Sir Edmund Lechmere, 3rd Baronet
- Kate Lechmere (1887–1976), British cubist painter
- Lechmere baronets
- Nicholas Lechmere
- Nicholas Lechmere, 1st Baron Lechmere
- Robert John Lechmere Guppy