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The Blue Line is a rapid transit line in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, one of four rapid transit lines operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). It runs from Bowdoin station in downtown Boston under Boston Harbor to East Boston and Revere on the inner North Shore, where it terminates at Wonderland .
The depicted fire station, Fire Station 53, is a fictitious station. The exterior of the station was represented by Fire Station 1 of the Los Angeles Fire Department. The SFFD appears as the San Fierro Fire Department in Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. Players are able to take a firetruck and respond to emergencies around the city. [11]
The MBTA transit network includes the MBTA subway with three metro lines (the Blue, Orange, and Red lines), two light rail lines (the Green and Mattapan lines), and a five-line bus rapid transit system (the Silver Line); MBTA bus local and express service; the twelve-line MBTA Commuter Rail system, and several ferry routes.
The Blue Line and Red Line are currently the only two MBTA subway rail lines without a direct connection; passengers must either ride one stop on the Green (or Orange) lines to transfer, or walk 0.5 miles (0.80 km) on Cambridge Street between Bowdoin and Charles/MGH.
The Blue Line has two side platforms under State Street and the Old State House. The Blue line platforms are on the same level as the southbound Orange Line platform; the Blue Line tracks pass over the northbound Orange Line platform. [3] The station is served by MBTA bus routes 4, 92, 93, and 354. [4]
The MBTA is in the process of replacing its entire fleet of Red Line and Orange Line cars, which are over 40 years old, as of 2024. [14] The Blue Line cars were replaced in 2008. The Green Line has a variety of vehicles, some dating back to 1986, with the latest batch delivered in 2019.
In 2019, the MBTA began using temporary barriers to control flooding at Aquarium during storms. [48] A permanent fix for both leaks and flooding is estimated to cost $20–40 million. [48] A 14-day closure of the Blue Line for maintenance work in May 2020 included drainage work at Aquarium. [58]
Orient Heights was the last Blue Line station in East Boston to be rebuilt for accessibility. (The only others on the line were Government Center and Bowdoin, both in downtown Boston). Due to this distinction, it was the last remaining station in the MBTA that still had a 1967 system map, which showed the Charlestown and Washington Street ...