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Blue Line (MBTA), the Glossary

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).^[1]

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Airport rail links in the United States
Tunnels completed in 1904

Accessibility

Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities.

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Airport station (MBTA)

Airport station is a rapid transit station in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.

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The Atlantic Avenue Elevated was an elevated railway around the east side of Downtown Boston, Massachusetts, providing a second route for the Boston Elevated Railway's Main Line Elevated (now the MBTA's Orange Line) around the Washington Street tunnel.

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Big Dig

The Big Dig was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the then elevated Central Artery of Interstate 93 that cut across Boston into the O'Neill Tunnel and built the Ted Williams Tunnel to extend Interstate 90 to Logan International Airport.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boston and Maine Railroad

The Boston and Maine Railroad was a U.S. Class I railroad in northern New England. Blue Line (MBTA) and Boston and Maine Railroad are standard gauge railways in the United States.

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Boston Harbor

Boston Harbor is a natural harbor and estuary of Massachusetts Bay, located adjacent to Boston Massachusetts.

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Boston Street Railway Association

The Boston Street Railway Association (BSRA) is a non-profit organization in Boston, Massachusetts, whose central objective is preserving transportation history in Boston and throughout New England.

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Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad

The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad was a narrow-gauge passenger-carrying shortline railroad between East Boston and Lynn, Massachusetts, from 1875 to 1940.

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Bowdoin station

Bowdoin station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) rapid transit station in Bowdoin Square in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Central Square, Cambridge

Central Square is an area in Cambridge, Massachusetts centered on the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Prospect Street and Western Avenue.

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Charles/MGH station

Charles/MGH station is a rapid transit station on the MBTA Red Line, elevated above Charles Circle on the east end of the Longfellow Bridge in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

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Conservation Law Foundation

Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) is an environmental advocacy organization based in New England, United States.

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Downtown Boston

Downtown Boston is the central business district of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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East Boston

East Boston, nicknamed Eastie, is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, which was annexed by the city of Boston in 1637.

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Free public transport in Massachusetts

Free public transport has been implemented in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts through various trials and programs since the 2010s.

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Greater Boston

Greater Boston is the metropolitan region of New England encompassing the municipality of Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England, and its surrounding areas.

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Harvard station

Harvard station is a rapid transit and bus transfer station in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Hawker Siddeley Canada

Hawker Siddeley Canada was the Canadian unit of the Hawker Siddeley Group of the United Kingdom and manufactured railcars, subway cars, streetcars, aircraft engines and ships from the 1960s to 1980s.

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Howard Adams Carson

Howard Adams Carson (1842–1931) was an American civil engineer and pioneer of tunnel construction.

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Kendall Square

Kendall Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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Kendall/MIT station

Kendall/MIT station (signed as Kendall) is an underground rapid transit station in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Kerry Healey

Kerry Murphy Healey (born April 30, 1960) is an American politician and educator serving as President Emerita of Babson College.

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Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

The lieutenant governor of Massachusetts is the first in the line to discharge the powers and duties of the office of governor following the incapacitation of the Governor of Massachusetts.

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Logan International Airport

General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, also known as Boston Logan International Airport, is an international airport that is located mostly in East Boston and partially in Winthrop, Massachusetts.

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Long Wharf (Boston)

Long Wharf is a historic American pier in Boston, Massachusetts, built between 1710 and 1721.

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Longfellow Bridge

The Longfellow Bridge is a steel rib arch bridge spanning the Charles River to connect Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood with the Kendall Square area of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Lynn station

Lynn station (signed as Central Square–Lynn) is an intermodal transit station in downtown Lynn, Massachusetts.

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Lynn, Massachusetts

Lynn is the eighth-largest municipality in Massachusetts, United States, and the largest city in Essex County.

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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) is a Cabinet-level agency under the Governor of Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts Port Authority

Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) is the port authority for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts Route 1A

Route 1A is a north–south state highway in Massachusetts, United States.

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Maverick station

Maverick station (also known as Maverick Square) is a rapid transit station in Boston, Massachusetts.

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MBTA boat

The MBTA ferry system is a public boat service providing water transportation in Boston Harbor.

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MBTA bus

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) operates 152 bus routes in the Greater Boston area.

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MBTA subway

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) operates rapid transit (heavy rail), light rail, and bus rapid transit services in the Boston metropolitan area, collectively referred to as the rapid transit, subway, or the T system.

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Multiple unit

A multiple-unit train or simply multiple unit (MU) is a self-propelled train composed of one or more carriages joined, which when coupled to another multiple unit can be controlled by a single driver, with multiple-unit train control.

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Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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Newburyport/Rockport Line

The Newburyport/Rockport Line is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running northeast from downtown Boston, Massachusetts towards Cape Ann and the Merrimack Valley, serving the North Shore.

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Orange Line (MBTA)

The Orange Line is a rapid transit line operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) as part of the MBTA subway system. Blue Line (MBTA) and Orange Line (MBTA) are 600 V DC railway electrification and standard gauge railways in the United States.

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Orient Heights station

Orient Heights station is a rapid transit station in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Overhead line

An overhead line or overhead wire is an electrical cable that is used to transmit electrical energy to electric locomotives, electric multiple units, trolleybuses or trams.

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Pantograph (transport)

A pantograph (or "pan" or "panto") is an apparatus mounted on the roof of an electric train, tram or electric bus to collect power through contact with an overhead line.

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Passenger rail terminology

Various terms are used for passenger railway lines and equipment; the usage of these terms differs substantially between areas.

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Passenger train

A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line.

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PATH (rail system)

The Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) is a rapid transit system in the northeastern New Jersey cities of Newark, Harrison, Jersey City, and Hoboken, as well as Lower and Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Blue Line (MBTA) and PATH (rail system) are 600 V DC railway electrification.

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Public–private partnership

A public–private partnership (PPP, 3P, or P3) is a long-term arrangement between a government and private sector institutions.

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Pullman Company

The Pullman Company, founded by George Pullman, was a manufacturer of railroad cars in the mid-to-late 19th century through the first half of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States.

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Rapid transit

Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas.

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Red Line (MBTA)

The Red Line is a rapid transit line operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) as part of the MBTA subway system. Blue Line (MBTA) and Red Line (MBTA) are 600 V DC railway electrification and standard gauge railways in the United States.

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Revere Beach

Revere Beach is a public beach in Revere, Massachusetts, measuring over long and located about north of downtown Boston.

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Revere, Massachusetts

Revere is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, located approximately from downtown Boston.

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Salem, Massachusetts

Salem is a historic coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located on the North Shore of Greater Boston.

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Seashore Trolley Museum

Seashore Trolley Museum, located in Kennebunkport, Maine, United States, is the world's first and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

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Siemens Mobility

Siemens Mobility is a division of Siemens.

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Silver Line (MBTA)

The Silver Line is a system of bus routes in Boston and Chelsea, Massachusetts, operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).

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St. Louis Car Company

The St.

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Stainless steel

Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel (CRES), and rustless steel, is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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Sumner Tunnel

The Sumner Tunnel is a road tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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Third rail

A third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.

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Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.

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Tram

A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States and Canada) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way.

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Tremont Street subway

The Tremont Street subway in Boston's MBTA subway system is the oldest subway tunnel in North America and the third-oldest still in use worldwide to exclusively use electric traction (after the City and South London Railway in 1890, and the Budapest Metro's Line 1 in 1896), opening on September 1, 1897.

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Tunnel

A tunnel is an underground or undersea passageway.

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Tunnel boring machine

A tunnel boring machine (TBM), also known as a "mole" or a "worm", is a machine used to excavate tunnels.

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Tunnelling shield

A tunnelling shield is a protective structure used during the excavation of large, human-made tunnels.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters.

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Winter Street Concourse

The Winter Street Concourse is a pedestrian tunnel connecting the upper levels of the Downtown Crossing and Park Street subway stations in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Wonderland station

Wonderland station (officially the Wonderland Intermodal Transit Center) is a transit station in Revere, Massachusetts located adjacent to Revere Beach.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Line_(MBTA)

Also known as Blue Line (Boston MBTA), Blue Line (Boston), Blue Line (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority), Blue-red connector, Boston Blue Line, Boston Subway Blue Line, Boston T Blue Line, East Boston Tunnel, Joy Street Portal, MBTA Blue Line, Red-Blue Connector, Revere Extension.

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Blue Line (MBTA), the Glossary

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See also

Airport rail links in the United States

Tunnels completed in 1904

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