{"id":3648,"date":"2023-01-08T20:23:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T00:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=3648"},"modified":"2024-02-02T13:19:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T17:19:56","slug":"aquarium-blue-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2023\/01\/08\/aquarium-blue-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Aquarium (Blue Line)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WHEW, is it me or does it smell like Galilee down here?! Nah, I’m just kidding, although you can catch a few wafts of the ocean. Entering: Aquarium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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…does Bowdoin not exist?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Alrighty! So, the platform is your basic affair of what you’d expect on a Blue Line station. You’ve got, of course, two sides. However, unlike much of the T, the station kinda reminds me of a WMATA station in how the ceilings and walls look. I mean, I don’t hate the WMATA’s design, it feels very representative of the Cold War era (when that system came to be), but here I feel it’s nice too. You’ve also got some nice-looking tiles on the side, with even the mezzanine having the stone tile going on. As for the mezzanine, I couldn’t check (was waiting for a train), but here’s a picture from Miles’ entry on Aquarium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Miles’ entry.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now, there’s one special thing about Aquarium that most other stations (actually, all) lack: a water connection. That’s right – Aquarium is in walking distance to Long Wharf, where one can connect with the ferry. Now, hopefully I get around to doing the Charlestown and Hingham\/Hull ferries this year, so stay tuned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Towards Wonderland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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and towards Bowdoin!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The train!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: It’s right at a major tourist site! So, predictably, most people using this station are either transferring from the ferry or they’re going to the Aquarium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bad: That said, it’s kinda close to State Street! I mean, I’m pretty sure most people end up using that and walking the 1\/4 mile. The sole bus connection is also the weekday-only 4, which is also peak-only, at that. That blows. Oh yeah, the smell of the ocean permeates the station.

Nearby points of interest: Take a guess.

Overall, it’s decent. And, if North\/South rail happens, I feel like this station would be a good place to put a downtown infill CR\/Amtrak stop (a Union Station?) to terminate trains at. And, besides, it’ll give the Blue a much-needed Commuter Rail link. Just don’t let the smell of fish make you heave over and vomit onto the 3rd rail.

Transit connections:
Blue Line
MBTA bus (4)

Rating: 7\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WHEW, is it me or does it smell like Galilee down here?! Nah, I’m just kidding, although you can catch a few wafts of the ocean. Entering: Aquarium. Alrighty! So, the platform is your basic affair of what you’d expect on a Blue Line station. You’ve got, of course, two sides. However, unlike much of … Continue reading “Aquarium (Blue Line)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mbta","category-public-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3648"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6657,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3648\/revisions\/6657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}