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samfreez t1_isbswk3 wrote

And if you've ever been through either one, you can really fuckin' tell.

Hopefully they've been updated in the 20 years since I used to haunt those stations, but my god they were decrepit back then.

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TywinHouseLannister t1_isbyfm4 wrote

As a tourist it seemed pretty good.. less crowded than London, a bit more run down than Copenhagen.

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samfreez t1_isbyxur wrote

Boylston and Park specifically, or just in general? Boston's MTA does a good job of adding a new coat of paint to make things look nice on the surface, but, at least 20 years ago, it took almost no effort to find the rotting bits and whatnot.

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TywinHouseLannister t1_isc05ja wrote

I've been there... but was speaking generally, maybe Rose tinted glasses since they've been talking about building a subway in my hometown for about 20 years and I doubt they'll ever break ground!

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CaptainMacMillan t1_iscxepq wrote

My town was on the orange line so I generally tried to stay on that line when going back and forth so I could spend as little time in the stations as possible.

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aaj617 t1_isjukxu wrote

I mean the federal government literally shut down a bunch of the T for a month it’s in such bad shape

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garamond89 OP t1_isp6m0r wrote

I’m going to Boston tomorrow, and am staying right near the Boylston station, I shall check it out!

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samfreez t1_isp724u wrote

Good luck!

Edit: Oh, and go to Faneuil Hall to get some of the clam chowder they sell there. That stuff is delicious and worth the trip.

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garamond89 OP t1_ist8mxr wrote

I certainly would if I liked clam chowder! 😜

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Ken-Popcorn t1_iscivq9 wrote

This always makes me smile. People who are not from Boston don’t realize that these two stations are about a 30 second walk apart

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RedSonGamble t1_isc05h8 wrote

Yeah. Now they’re over run with ghouls

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ostapack t1_isby0kv wrote

Park Street is dope, like running across the tracks

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AnselaJonla t1_iscdsng wrote

Only 34 years after the Metropolitan Railway opened its first stations at Paddington (Bishop's Road), Edgware Road, Baker Street, Portland Road, Gower Street, King's Cross, and Farringdon Street, and only seven years after the City and South London Railway opened with electric locomotion due to the nature of its route under the Thames disallowing the use of steam.

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aaj617 t1_isjuhno wrote

Don’t know why you were down voted. Fascinating

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AnselaJonla t1_isjvvo5 wrote

I think it's amazing that the technology spread to the US so fast, especially in those days.

The UK actually suffers for having been the pioneer in the railways, as we're hamstrung by having much of that ancient infrastructure still in existence. We didn't, for example, undergo a five year intensive remodelling program in the 1940s, as Europe did.

Many of those original 19th century tunnels on the London Underground are still in use today. The rolling stock, the signalling systems, the rails, the platform detailing will be newer, but the tunnels themselves are original.

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