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Bowdoin () of the MBTA, is a station on the Blue Line, serving Bowdoin Square in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood. It is the downtown terminus of the line. ==History== Bowdoin station opened for service on March 18, 1916 as the terminus of the East Boston Tunnel, connecting Beacon Hill to Maverick Square. Along with Government Center, it replaced Court Street Station as the turnaround point for trolley cars from East Boston. The line was converted to heavy rail metro cars in 1925 and the loop has been a tight fit for rapid transit cars ever since. Blue Line cars are 48 feet long, shorter than the 65-foot Orange Line and 69-foot Red Line cars,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The MBTA Vehicle Inventory page )〕 partially because of the tight loop. Bowdoin is the only remaining turnaround loop on the MBTA's heavy rail lines; Wonderland and all Orange and Red Line termini simply use crossovers to reverse the direction of trains (although the Green and Ashmont-Mattapan light rail lines do use loops at their termini). The station is lightly used except at rush hour. Prior to December 28, 2013, Bowdoin station was only open from 5:15AM to 6:30PM, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. At all other times, trains terminated and originated service at Government Center station. The tight loop just past the station is used to turn around Blue Line trains at all times, sending them back to Government Center and onwards to Wonderland, in Revere. The platform is wedge shaped, with a single entrance at the wide end near the turnaround loop. In 2008, the MBTA started running a mixture of 4-car and 6-car trains on the Blue Line, adding more long trains as new cars arrive from the manufacturer. Incoming 6-car trains can fit on the westbound platform where trains go out of service, but only 4-car trains can fit on the eastbound side where trains come into service after turning around. At Bowdoin only, passengers must press a "door open" button outside of the train to board a 6-car train. Bowdoin station is currently open for all hours of service, including on weekends, from December 28, 2013 onwards during the closure of the Callahan Tunnel and Government Center Station.〔http://www.mbta.com/riding_the_t/default.asp?id=26899〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bowdoin (MBTA station)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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