Word: mbta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Train service between the Kendall and Charles stations on the Red Line will be halted for at least the next two Sundays, an MBTA spokesman said yesterday. Buses will run between the stations all day Sunday while workmen waterproof the Longfellow Bridge...
...Parks left, reform-minded Police Commissioner Robert diGrazia--"The fuckin' Messiah," Dapper says--became his target. O'Neil maintains that diGrazia and his corps of civilian advisors are part of a domestic CIA conspiracy organized through the National Police Foundation. As evidence, he points to diGrazia's friendship with MBTA Director Robert Kiley, a former CIA official...
With its big, roomy cars, extensive use of trolleys and elevated lines, and its wide, solid platforms, the MBTA has a hometown, airy style of its own. Even if New Yorkers laugh at the sight of trolleys impersonating subways in the underground stations of the Green Line, the MBTA is still worthy of exploration...
...subway freaks have discovered that subways are great places to meet and watch people, study, hang out, or most importantly--get to know cities. Heaven for the subway freak is certainly New York, with its 26 lines, hundreds of miles of tracks, and an around-the-clock schedule. The MBTA system is pretty small by comparison--it has only four lines, and closes down before 1 a.m., eliminating the best hours for hanging out, but the Boston subways have a certain spirit of their own which merits the attention of even the most crazed Brooklyn BMT addict...
...final analysis, however, each subway freak chooses his own spot in the MBTA--and there are plenty to choose from. When I'm depressed, my favorite is the Central Square stop of the Red Line, when the last train of the night is due, and the station is deserted. A big iron monster takes the place of the turnstile after the man at the change booth has gone home for the night. On particularly bad nights, the iron monster will swallow your quarter and not allow you on the platform. But there is nothing in Boston that quite compares with...