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Topic: Orange Line (MBTA)


  
  Britain.tv Wikipedia - MBTA
The Harvard routes were replaced with trackless trolleys in 1958, and are the only surviving MBTA trackless trolley routes not counting the new phase 2 Silver Line and a short non-revenue connection from the terminus of the 71 to the Watertown Carhouse.
The Charlestown Elevated, part of the Orange Line north of downtown Boston, was replaced by the Haymarket North Extension in 1975, and the Washington Street Elevated lasted until 1987, when the Southwest Corridor was opened to replace it.
Though the MBTA had agreed to extend the Green Line through the two cities, there had been no progress on the extension since the deal was made in 1990.
www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=MBTA   (3821 words)

  
 Database of Greenspaces and Neighborhoods in the heart of Boston.
The Orange Line is a rapid transit line that runs north from Forest Hills Station in Jamaica Plain through downtown Boston to Oak Grove in Malden, north of Boston.
The MBTA was not able to honor this commitment, and in the summer of 2002 opened the Silver Line in northern Roxbury, presenting it to the community as replacement service for the Elevated Orange Line.
The Elevated Orange Line was to be replaced by an eight-lane highway that would circle Boston's central district, connect with a federally funded interstate, and cut directly through Heart of the City communities.
ksgaccman.harvard.edu /hotc/DisplayPlace.asp?id=11701   (1705 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Subsequently, the MBTA sent a second Notice of Default on September 15, 1993, specifying that the amount of unpaid rent, as determined by the CPA firm, totaled approximately $1.3 million as of June 30, 1993, or 80% of all rent due to the MBTA from the leases’ inception to date.
In conclusion, the MBTA’s actions taken during the tenure of the Master Leases were consistently to the advantage of the defaulted Master Tenant and were not in the best interests of the MBTA nor the taxpayers of the Commonwealth.
Specifically, the MBTA should independently verify that it has received the proper share of base rent and percentage rent due from all subtenants in accordance with the terms of their subleases and that these amounts are properly reflected in the Master Tenant’s annual reports.
www.mass.gov /sao/mbtarent.doc   (6595 words)

  
 MBTA Blue Line
The Blue Line is the shortest line on the MBTA and is the only MBTA rapid transit line to terminate in downtown Boston.
The line sat unused until the 1950s when it was converted to standard gauge rapid transit operation and connected to the tunnel line in East Boston, creating the Blue Line as we know it today.
The tunnel line's heritage as a streetcar subway are quite obvious at both State and Aquarium, where the stations are quite a bit smaller than one would expect for a rapid transit heavy rail subway.
world.nycsubway.org /us/boston/blue/mbta-blue-wonderland.html   (1835 words)

  
 MBTA Orange Line
Once known as the Main Line El, the Orange Line consisted of an elevated line from Everett, through Charlestown, and entered a shared portal with the Green Line at North Station.
There were plans to extend the line from the northern, and southern elevated, but those was scrapped, in favor of a decision to tear down the remaining elevated lines.
The MBTA thought of using overhead wires on these proposed lines, and provisions were made for this on new equipment.
world.nycsubway.org /us/boston/orange.html   (1976 words)

  
 Orange Line
The MBTA's 01200-series Hawker-Siddeley Orange Line rapid transit cars have been serving the system faithfully ever since their purchase in the late-1970s.
The Orange Line itself is at present probably the most "modern" of the MBTA's subway lines.
The local end of the line is housed in a large channel that runs through several of Boston's neighborhoods - the Southwest Corridor transitway.
www.trainweb.org /asamtrak911/mbta/proto/orngline.html   (288 words)

  
 NETransit: Vintage MBTA Maps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
On the "multiple name" stations, the name closest to the "line" (orange bar) is the northbound Orange Line station name, the next one out is the southbound station name, and the third name is the name of the interchange station.
The 1971 map was virtually identical to the 1967 map, except that the Red Line was modified to show the South Shore branch, and the Watertown line on the Green Line was eliminated (it had been "temporarily" closed in 1969).
The Orange Line stations on the Haymarket-North extension were opened with these maps in 1975, though the new Orange Line extension to "Oak Grove" would not be completed until 1977.
members.aol.com /ssejce/maps/oldtmaps.html   (986 words)

  
 T worker killed by Orange Line train - The Boston Globe
An MBTA worker was killed Thursday night when he and two co-workers were hit by an inbound Orange Line train while they were clearing snow from tracks at the Wellington station in Medford.
(AP) -- An MBTA worker was killed Thursday night when he and two co-workers were hit by an inbound Orange Line train while they were clearing snow from tracks at the Wellington station in Medford.
MBTA workers were struggling with the loss of Nna, Pesaturo said.
www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/01/28/t_worker_killed_by_orange_line_train   (245 words)

  
 Public Transit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The MBTA's plan to replace the old elevated Orange Line may not be the best solution.
When the proposed "Silver Line" is completed, in 2008, it will run down Washington Street, go underground near Chinatown, connect to Boylston and South Stations, go on to the developing South Boston Seaport (this section of the line is known as the South Boston Piers Transitway), and then extend to Logan Airport.
Consider that the MBTA has beefed up the commuter rail in recent years, spending more than $500 million to expand it on the South Shore, yet a huge swath of Roxbury, and thousands of daily commuters, remain without a rapid-transit line.
www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/features/00/03/02/MBTA.html   (2462 words)

  
 Orange Line (MBTA) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Orange Line is one of the four subway lines of the MBTA.
Originally known as the Main Line of the Boston Elevated Railway and later the Forest Hills-Everett Elevated Line, the current name is derived from Orange Street, an old name for the section of Washington Street immediately south of downtown under which the Washington Street Tunnel, forming the center of the line, still runs.
During the conceptual stages of the modern Orange Line in the 1970s, extensions to the beltway Route 128 were proposed by the Boston Transportation Planning Review, with termini at Reading in the north and Dedham in the south.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orange_Line_(MBTA)   (719 words)

  
 Decision - AADC v. MBTA Federal Judge OKs Random Bag Searches during Democratic National Convention (DNC)
The MBTA argues that the searches are justified because they are “administrative” security searches similar to the security inspections of personal belongings conducted at airports and the entryways to certain kinds of property, such as courthouses and military installations.
The MBTA calls attention to two subway bombings that occurred earlier this year, one in Madrid on March 11, 2004, in which over 200 persons were killed, and one in Moscow on February 6, 2004, in which approximately forty persons were killed.
It would perhaps have been desirable for the MBTA specifically to advise Orange Line and Route 93 bus riders that it was not just a possibility, but a certainty, that their belongings would be searched if (or when) their journey would take them through the Fleet Center security zone.
news.findlaw.com /hdocs/docs/elections/aadcmbta72804opn.html   (1386 words)

  
 Washington Street Elevated - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Washington Street Elevated was an elevated segment of Boston's Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority subway system, comprising the southern stretch of the Orange Line (named after the original name for a section of Washington St, Orange St.).
The initial portion of the line, which ran from Dover Street to Dudley Square opened in 1901, while the extension south to Forest Hills was completed by 1909.
During 2002, the MBTA deployed bus rapid transit along much of the route from Dudley Square to Downtown Crossing in the form of Phase I of the controversial Silver Line; while significant effort was made to optimize the street routes for bus travel, there was considerable neighborhood criticism for reducing the number of available stops.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Washington_Street_Elevated   (305 words)

  
 Jamaica Plain Historical Society - 'Transportation' Editor - Orange Line Memories
Unlike any other (but one) of the old Orange Line stations, which disappeared when the line was moved west to be with the railroad tracks, Dudley Street Station, due to its location as a terminus and distribution point for buses, had to be remade.
The other line anciently connected Roxbury's center and terminus with the vast Jamaica Plain car yard, whose size is still preserved by the housing development built on the site, and a few trolley poles still linger on the circumference.
For the most part the six stations of the line were a long and narrow stretch of wooden flooring lying open to the sky except for the patina-covered wooden half roof on each side.
www.jphs.org /transportation/orange-line-memories.html   (1062 words)

  
 southbostononline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A decision on the long-awaited Silver Line project from the office of environmental affairs is due tomorrow.
The MBTA ought to take care of the commuters that supply the bulk of the agency's operating costs.
Durand to hold the MBTA to its commitments instead of endorsing cost-cutting methods that would further deteriorate the health and quality of life for Boston neighborhood residents.
www.southieonline.com /mbtasilverline.htm   (456 words)

  
 STEP: Massachusetts and MBTA
In March 2004, the MBTA commissioned the firm Vanasse Hangen Brustlin of Watertown to conduct a $391,000 study of transit needs for Somerville, East Cambridge, and Medford, including potential Green Line routes through Somerville.
A document from the MBTA to keep an eye on is the Capital Investment Program (CIP), which is a five-year planning document of the MBTA's planned projects.
The MBTA has also been talking for some time about the Urban Ring project, which would provide better public transit by improving the circumferential connections among the spokes of the T's many radial lines.
www.somervillestep.org /background/mass_mbta.html   (1045 words)

  
 Investment Decisions of the MBTA
Some communities along the Greenbush line opposed the project because of noise and safety issues.
The Silver Line is a replacement for the old elevated Orange Line removed in 1987.
Residents had hoped for the promised ì equivalent level of service, but the MBTA has opted for a bus project with an eventual promise of better service in another decade.
dcc2.bumc.bu.edu /otlt/eh807/mbta.htm   (139 words)

  
 MBTA Directions to New England Aquarium
From the Orange Line connect to the Blue Line at State Street.
From Braintree, connect with the Orange Line at Downtown Crossing, then connect with the Blue Line at State Street and proceed as above.
For other public transportation options, call the MBTA at (617) 222-3200, or visit their web site at www.mbta.com.
www.neaq.org /visit/direct.mbta.html   (246 words)

  
 Orange Line: Boston subway stories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
I was riding in to downtown Boston on the Orange Line, from the Malden Station stop.
He was on his way to figuring out all the lines on the system, and finally his mom just started reading off all the Orange Line stops to him to satisfy his curiosity.
One very uncrowded weekend afternoon on the Orange Line to Wellington, a guy called up someone on his cell phone and proceeded to tell this lucky person, quite loudly in a very quiet train, about everything he eaten recently, in very vivid detail.
www.boston-online.com /subway/cat_orange_line.html   (1377 words)

  
 Portsmouth Herald Mass News: Two charged in Orange Line shooting
Andre Green, 19, of Boston, and Chimezie Akara, 19, of the city's Roslindale section, will be arraigned Monday on charges of murder, assault with intent to murder and unlawful possession of a firearm, police said in a statement.
Hawa Barry, 23, of East Boston, was nine months pregnant when she was shot in the abdomen on Feb. 5 while riding on an MBTA Orange Line train.
Her baby was delivered by Cesarean section immediately after the shooting, but died a short time later at the hospital.
www.seacoastonline.com /2003news/09272003/south_of/52438.htm   (194 words)

  
 MBTA Orange Line will be ATO in two months
The MBTA is in the process of installing a state of the art Automated Train Operating (ATO) system on the Orange Line from Chinatown to Oak Grove.
Once complete, the new ATO system will be compatible with the existing signal system on the Southwest Corridor (Orange Line-South) and will significantly improve system reliability and capacity while at the same time allowing for increased operational flexibility.
With approximately 2 years remaining to complete the project, the next phase involves providing the contractor with early access to the Orange Line.
www.subchat.com /read.asp?Id=324187   (264 words)

  
 The Boston Globe - Mac Daniel- Starts & Stops - Blog
Despite the tunnel problems and extra service on the MBTA's Orange Line, the agency is moving ahead with a bus...
Despite the tunnel problems and extra service on the MBTA's Orange Line, the agency is moving ahead with a bus diversion this weekend.
Buses will make all stops between Oak Grove and Haymarket Stations and MBTA Orange Line and Bus personnel will be available to direct customers to the replacement service.
boston.com /news/local/startsandstops/blog/2006/07/orange_line_wee.html   (283 words)

  
 pihp: MBTA Fare Hike et al. - Updates coming   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
I have been in contact with some of my legislators about the MBTA fare hike.
I don't even know what to say about this story on the hair net that saved the Orange Line.
The MBTA must have a good relationship with their Globe contacts to get that kind of story in.(1)
www.pihp.com /pihp/archives/2006/05/mbta_fare_hike.php   (195 words)

  
 Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School - Hale and Dorr
The Legal Services Center is located at 122 Boylston Street in Jamaica Plain, directly next to the Stony Brook MBTA stop on the T's Orange Line.
At Downtown Crossing, transfer to the Orange Line (outbound) to Forest Hills Station.
The MBTA Orange Line Stony Brook Station will be on your left.
www.law.harvard.edu /academics/clinical/lsc/about/directions.htm   (1310 words)

  
 MBTA/Orange Line Service Plan for Thursday - On Track On Line Forums
In the event that the hazardous material spill in the Charlestown area continues to affect MBTA opearations on Thursday April 15, 2004, Orange Line trans will not operate through the area.
All Orange Line service is running on or near schedule.
A railroad tanker car that started leaking hydrochloric acid just yards from the Orange Line's Sullivan Station in Charlestown yesterday morning turned the evening commute chaotic for thousands of rail and subway riders, who were forced to take detours home to avoid the cleanup of the hazardous material.
www.on-track-on-line.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=4475   (308 words)

  
 10 O'Clock News | [Orange line elevated tracks and stations]
Christopher Lydon reports on the demise of the elevated tracks along the MBTA orange line.
Rushing talks about the architectural and historical significance of the elevated line, and its importance to the community.
Lydon's report is accompanied by numerous shots of the elevated tracks and stations, the orange line trains and commuters.
main.wgbh.org /ton/programs/5071_01.html   (156 words)

  
 Boston Washington St Elevated   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Orange Line in Boston originally ran from Everett to Forest Hills.
This line has been completed replaced except for the downtown tunnel portion which was renamed only.
I was fortunate enough to photograph the South End part of the line before it was taken out of service.
www.romaband.com /trains/orangeline.html   (92 words)

  
 WHDH-TV - New England News - MBTA upgrading Orange Line
BOSTON -- Orange Line riders will soon be riding in style.
All 120 "Orange Line" trains are receiving a makeover.
The MBTA says the new fabric seats will be brighter, more comfortable, and harder to deface.
www3.whdh.com /news/articles/local/BO26222   (333 words)

  
 STEP: Orange Line
Twenty-five million dollars set aside for a new MBTA Orange Line station at Assembly Square in Somerville, tucked into the latest transportation funding bill in Washington, could resolve one of Massachusetts' longest-running development battles.
Thank you to everyone who wrote letters to the Boston MPO about the importance of the Green Line and Orange Line in Somerville.
It's a chicken-and-egg problem: An Orange Line stop is needed to jump-start mixed-use development at Assembly Square, but the MBTA wants to see a developed Assembly Square before planning a new T stop there.
www.somervillestep.org /orange_line   (443 words)

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