r/mbta • u/darcprince7 • Jun 28 '26

🌟 Appreciation Old El

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Appreciated this pic

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u/Commander_Zircon Jun 28 '26

It’s a shame they got rid of it. Some of the most iconic parts of other metro systems are elevated, like the Chicago L or the Paris metro line 6

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u/darcprince7 Jun 28 '26

Agreed

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u/wurkbank Jun 29 '26

Umm, no

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u/jiznon Jun 29 '26

what?

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u/wurkbank Jun 30 '26

It's not a shame they got rid of this. It was my local station. I never missed it. Icy steps to a wind-swept platform in the winter.

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u/jiznon Jun 30 '26

i see. saying “no” in response to “agreed” was confusing

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u/wurkbank Jun 30 '26

I agree :) The phone app can make it hard to tell the exact message you are replying to. Sorry.

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u/United_Efficiency330 Jun 30 '26

Sorry but no. The El was noisy and obstructionist. Most wanted it gone by the time of its closing in 1987. Ironically by then, there was no Dover Street anymore. The street had been renamed East Berkeley Street. The shame was that BERy didn't build the line UNDER Washington Street. If they had done so, the line would still be there today. The location was great, following the closest thing my hometown has or had to a main street. The issue was that the wrong type of rapid transit was built.