HD MBTA Blue Line Bowdoin Station

MBTA 0700 blue line trains in Bowdoin station. Right now this station is only open on weekdays from 5am to 6pm. Note the button used to open the doors

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• mbta
• blue
• line
• 0700
• bowdoin

[TheDylanJoyce]

does the train actually make a sharp u turn at the station and come back into the station on the other side? making a U turn?

[jdgator95]

@TheDylanJoyce Yes, it goes around a loop.

[buzzy99group]

Why does the blue line have a pantygraph and a...the thing that is on the ground to make power ?

[jdgator95]

@buzzy99group The thing on the ground is an electrified third rail. It switches off from pantograph to third rail when it goes underground.

[Moose2482]

Why on EARTH would ANY subway station close on Evenings and weekends? I just don't GET it!

[jdgator95]

Well it is BARELY used by anyone and there is another one about a hundred feet away, so instead of shutting it down altogether they just close it on off peak hours. Even during the rush hour it is pretty empty

[dneidorff]

Govt Ctr was already at a 6 car length. The button usage at Bowdoin is for low numbers. I forsee that Bowdoin will turn into something like city hall station in NYC...it will eventually close permanently for budget reasons, yet the blue line still must travel through it because it needs to loop, as we all know!

[TNT314159]

Fail. The doors will not open on the right side of the train, they open on the left at Bowdoin. The ASA had that problem a lot when the new 0700 cars first went into service but I would have thought they would have even fixed Bowdoin by now...

[TheSkywalker2011]

My dad calls the station BOW-DOIN.

[2001rtm]

@Moose2482 Well, 3rd rails aren't as safe as overhead wires, but overhead wires don't fit in underground tunnels, so the MBTA has 3rd rail underground, and overhead wires outside. I think the Red and Orange Line should do that too (They both have just 3rd rail).

[videonut33]

@Moose2482 Third rail freezes in the winter. The Blue Line is not-- I'm saying this very loosely-- IS NOT like the Orange or the Red that has third rail throughout the entire line.

The Overheads start at Logan Airport and ends at Wonderland.

[caranddriverMing]

these trains are mad noisy

[asvb232]

@jdgator95 You mean Govt Ctr right?

[Moose2482]

What's the point of having OVERHEAD WIRES AND a third rail? Why don't they ONLY use the third rail for underground AND outside?

[chesterite74]

@Moose2482 jdgator is right, business wise its really only useful during the work week to get people away from it.

[SALEMFIREDEPT]

I miss the old hawker sidley cars , the new ones are nice but they all have automated station announcements, I like the older trains better, when my dad was little the blue line cars he rode had wooden seats.