Bostons MBTA is really effective, and really easy to understand. All the colors have a meaning as well: Blue line goes under the ocean Red line goes to Harvard Green line goes under the Common Orange line was a trolly on Orange St. I memorized the lines in about 2 months which is pretty good. Boston is a lot easier to commute in and out of thanks to the MBTA
@@SuprToe Well, the song is more in the light comedy category of popular folk songs of the early 60's. It got a lot of radio play, as I recall. Still, it is a bit weird to use it, eh?
The Kingston Trio had something of a hit with the song, but it was actually written by a local folk singer as a tongue-in-cheek campaign song for a Boston politician who was running on his opposition to fare increases.
Boston: Look at my Prudential Center, it's a mall, and malls won't die anytime soon. There is no other Prudential Center Newark: Amateurs... Boston: who said that? Newark building a state-of-the-art profitable arena: *A M A T E U R S*
The name "Charlie Card" derives from a locally popular novelty song from the mid/late 50's, known as "Charlie on the MTA," or "The Man Who Never Returned." A hapless commuter named Charlie "handed in his fare at the Kendall Sq. station and then he changed for Jamaica Plain." In those days, Green Line fares were 20 cents on boarding, and an additional five cents to disembark in some sectors. When he arrived at JP, "the conductor told Charlie -- one more nickel." which Charlie didn't have and so was doomed to ride endlessly "neath the streets of Boston." . 60 years later the song is still a local fave.
Charlie Is the mascot of the Mbta! I think that’s why they call it the Charlie Card. Fun Fact: Did you know that one of the models (the model when you got on of the green line 1st) of the green line trolley has a very identical sound to the NYC MTA’s R188 model.
Yup duck tours whenever they're in a city are pretty neat. They tend to use DUKW vehicles from WWII but that one's a replica. NYC used to have one too operated by Gray Line called NYC Ducks that I went on in like 2008, it was unfortunately short-lived The "windowless" building at 0:38 isn't actually windowless, that's 177 Huntington at the Christian Science Center and with the way it's designed it's like the Flatiron. The windows are on the longer sides
The Orange line was originally an L train line like Chicago that when it went south of the Hub, went over the streets and had an intersected V crossbar trestle beneath the tracks like the Loop in Chicago. It opened in June 1901. And it was already electrified by an uncovered 3rd rail just like Chicago. Several decades ago even the L trains in Boston looked similar to those of Chicago and both systems used the PCC type L carbodies except that Boston used outside hung sliding doors and Chicago had blinker doors like its PCC type trolleys.
Some things to note: Copley = Bowdoin = Cambridge = The history of "first subway" is complicated. Both New York and Bostons record are purely for US records. Boston had the first underground "subway" in the country, while New York had the first subway in general in the US. The first subway is between Boylston and Park Street, used to take strain off of the very busy and congested Tremont Street upstairs. 12:20 Nope. Haymarket is closed because of a partial garage collapse directly above the station. The orange line is running through it without stopping, while the green line is suspended due to ot being closer to the surface (more potential room for possible hidden cracks in the tunnels).
The name charlie card came from a song about a guy named Charlie who didn't have a nickel for the exit fare when that existed so he was doomed to ride the T forever.
In the future you should try SEPTA in Philly, it's like MBTA (The T) minus the recently eliminated trolleybuses. Their subways are a LOT more like NYC and the subway-surface trolleys are like the T Green Line here. Also as mentioned months ago, there is the PATCO High Speed Line, Philadelphia's version of the PATH trains.
A few things: Bowdoin is pronounced “Bow-din” The green line vehicles are referred to as light rail vehicles (LRVs) The orange line is a heavy rail line (just like the NYC trains). The orange trains you saw are old Boston Elevated Railway cars - essentially what the green line used to look like. They were orange because Boston didn’t have colored lines back in the day. Cambridge is pronounced Came-bridge
Hey man I have been to Boston before but let me tell you something it might be compared to the New York City silver boys if it was a London great job man you really don’t know it’s good
The other church you show at the end is now St Stephens Church, aka New North Church. It is the only remaining church in Boston designed by Charles Bulfinch who also designed the State House and parts of the US Capitol. It was originally Unitarian but was sold to the Catholics in the 19th Century. Rose Kennedy was baptized there and her funeral held there.
Boston born and raised government center Caved in and no one is speaking about the money spent on a new station instead of reinforcing there building in
No the name comes from a song called (I forgot) and it tales of a man called Charlie who couldn’t pay the exit fee and he was stuck on the MTA (now MBTA) forever
Hey dude please don’t disrespect the Charlie card. It’s not from marketing it’s just from a historical story of one man named old Charlie. So please don’t call the Charlie card dumb.
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Bostons MBTA is really effective, and really easy to understand. All the colors have a meaning as well:
Blue line goes under the ocean
Red line goes to Harvard
Green line goes under the Common
Orange line was a trolly on Orange St.
I memorized the lines in about 2 months which is pretty good. Boston is a lot easier to commute in and out of thanks to the MBTA
I am a Boston native, and this is the first time I have heard about the meaning of the colors. Thanks for sharing!
The Kingston Trio folk group had a song "Man Who Never Returned" about a guy named Charlie who got lost on the MBTA. Hence the name of the card.
I see. I guess I get the marketing... "You won't get lost like Charlie did." But still kinda dark.
@@SuprToe Well, the song is more in the light comedy category of popular folk songs of the early 60's. It got a lot of radio play, as I recall. Still, it is a bit weird to use it, eh?
The Kingston Trio had something of a hit with the song, but it was actually written by a local folk singer as a tongue-in-cheek campaign song for a Boston politician who was running on his opposition to fare increases.
Boston: Look at my Prudential Center, it's a mall, and malls won't die anytime soon. There is no other Prudential Center
Newark: Amateurs...
Boston: who said that?
Newark building a state-of-the-art profitable arena: *A M A T E U R S*
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The name "Charlie Card" derives from a locally popular novelty song from the mid/late 50's, known as "Charlie on the MTA," or "The Man Who Never Returned." A hapless commuter named Charlie "handed in his fare at the Kendall Sq. station and then he changed for Jamaica Plain." In those days, Green Line fares were 20 cents on boarding, and an additional five cents to disembark in some sectors. When he arrived at JP, "the conductor told Charlie -- one more nickel." which Charlie didn't have and so was doomed to ride endlessly "neath the streets of Boston." . 60 years later the song is still a local fave.
Charlie Is the mascot of the Mbta! I think that’s why they call it the Charlie Card.
Fun Fact: Did you know that one of the models (the model when you got on of the green line 1st) of the green line trolley has a very identical sound to the NYC MTA’s R188 model.
Yessir! A video from MBTA! To be honest, you should take a break on filming MTA for a bit and film some NJT or something else.
That's not a bad idea. A bit more expensive and time consuming, though.
Yup duck tours whenever they're in a city are pretty neat. They tend to use DUKW vehicles from WWII but that one's a replica. NYC used to have one too operated by Gray Line called NYC Ducks that I went on in like 2008, it was unfortunately short-lived
The "windowless" building at 0:38 isn't actually windowless, that's 177 Huntington at the Christian Science Center and with the way it's designed it's like the Flatiron. The windows are on the longer sides
Thank you so much for doing a video on Boston!! I go there all the time and only live about 45 minutes south of the city!
Fun fact: you said "That was easy!" That was the old slogan for Staples which is headquartered in nearby Brighton.
Yes MBTA allows photography. Its a great system to photograph
Awesome. One MBTA platform employee told me to stop but didn't make a big deal of it like they do on PANYNJ property.
I remember going to Boston once back in 2018, I did rode trains there but the only line I rode was the Orange.
The Orange line was originally an L train line like Chicago that when it went south of the Hub, went over the streets and had an intersected V crossbar trestle beneath the tracks like the Loop in Chicago. It opened in June 1901. And it was already electrified by an uncovered 3rd rail just like Chicago. Several decades ago even the L trains in Boston looked similar to those of Chicago and both systems used the PCC type L carbodies except that Boston used outside hung sliding doors and Chicago had blinker doors like its PCC type trolleys.
Pete, the MBTA doing to really stutter seven
Some things to note:
Copley =
Bowdoin =
Cambridge =
The history of "first subway" is complicated. Both New York and Bostons record are purely for US records. Boston had the first underground "subway" in the country, while New York had the first subway in general in the US. The first subway is between Boylston and Park Street, used to take strain off of the very busy and congested Tremont Street upstairs.
12:20 Nope. Haymarket is closed because of a partial garage collapse directly above the station. The orange line is running through it without stopping, while the green line is suspended due to ot being closer to the surface (more potential room for possible hidden cracks in the tunnels).
they are both equally close to the surface, but i believe the green line tunnels took the brunt of the damage
Boston and NYC both have striking similarities
The name charlie card came from a song about a guy named Charlie who didn't have a nickel for the exit fare when that existed so he was doomed to ride the T forever.
In the future you should try SEPTA in Philly, it's like MBTA (The T) minus the recently eliminated trolleybuses. Their subways are a LOT more like NYC and the subway-surface trolleys are like the T Green Line here. Also as mentioned months ago, there is the PATCO High Speed Line, Philadelphia's version of the PATH trains.
Fact: the Green Line is home to the oldest subway tunnel in America; older than the ones in NYC.
I Agree
@@yoyobass100 Us New Yorkers and Philadelphians call that a trolley tunnel. We have real subways that trains run on.
@@luislaplume8261 I know about those already. Philly is still active while NYC isn't.
@@luislaplume8261 mhm
Newark and Hoboken has the light rail. You should consider exploring those systems
And both are separate systems but use the same carbodies and doors.
A few things:
Bowdoin is pronounced “Bow-din”
The green line vehicles are referred to as light rail vehicles (LRVs)
The orange line is a heavy rail line (just like the NYC trains). The orange trains you saw are old Boston Elevated Railway cars - essentially what the green line used to look like. They were orange because Boston didn’t have colored lines back in the day.
Cambridge is pronounced Came-bridge
LRVs are referred to as trams in his wife's home country Russia and all of Europe and UK.
Got it! I think. I think I got it.
Boston native here. I have only heard it pronounced "BO-din," the W is completely silent
yeah bow as in bow tie not bow as in bow wow
Copley is pronounced cop-lee, the first syllable the same as slang for a policeman.
AYYYE!! Awesome video!!
"If it looks like a trolley, dings like a trolley and rolls like a trolley;" down here in New Orleans, its a streetcar. LOL
Nice job
Hey man I have been to Boston before but let me tell you something it might be compared to the New York City silver boys if it was a London great job man you really don’t know it’s good
The other church you show at the end is now St Stephens Church, aka New North Church. It is the only remaining church in Boston designed by Charles Bulfinch who also designed the State House and parts of the US Capitol. It was originally Unitarian but was sold to the Catholics in the 19th Century. Rose Kennedy was baptized there and her funeral held there.
I LOL at your Samuel L Jackson comment.
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TACE. The RED
9:58 Boylston is one of the oldest stations on the T. I think its even older than Park St. Also those were the old trolleys
good! you mentioned london is older system, from 1863.
The green line was and is a trolley tunnel with a now more wide copper wire above for the streetcar. It opened in 1897.
As a Boston resident: Copley is pronounced "CAWP-lee" not the way you were saying it
Yeah I'm about to butcher even more Boston names in 2 more videos. I'll try and remember this.
The Green Line vehicles are just called trains, but from where your wife is from they're called trams.
MBTA Type 8 and MTA R142A/R143/R188 have the same propulsion motor.
Cambridge is pronounced Came-bridge
Bowdoin is pronounced like the college Bow( like the thing you wear in your hair)-dn
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YES HES GINALLY IN BOSTON RIDE THE ORANGE LINE
That' bridge is the Prudential Center to Copley
Hope LilyShine is involved in those videos
No she was busy at her pharmacy convention.
@@SuprToe that's totally fine with me because I love your content anyways
Yesss
The NV PA trays are very dirty
I went to Boston to just 1 year earlier
Boston born and raised government center Caved in and no one is speaking about the money spent on a new station instead of reinforcing there building in
Love your personality would luv to hang out with you .
SUPRTOE!! Are you ever going to go to Chicago??
I’ve been to these stations before
that green line train sounds like a r142a/r143
Cool
I was in the Boston trains
The Charlie Card name came from the Charles river
No the name comes from a song called (I forgot) and it tales of a man called Charlie who couldn’t pay the exit fee and he was stuck on the MTA (now MBTA) forever
Hey you should do san francisco’s BART someday
That’s Townhall
It’s
Haymarket
My state yayy
same I was shocked when I first watched this
Hello Suprtoe, how do you get to Boston?
To get to Boston from NYC by train, you take the Amtrak Acela.
@@SpaceboyYT I usually drive to Boston.
@@Austinlam3 Oh ok.
We took regular Amtrak NYP to BBY. A $29 ticket + walking distance from our hotel made it the best route.
Don’t know the models they have but it sort of? Sounds like an R142A/R143
hey supertoe are you a yankees fan , because its the rival of the red sox
Triooly is correct. Also filming on the mbta IS allowed atleast that I know
Government Center
Did you know those green line trains sounds like a r142a and r188 trains in NYC
Indeed they were! And to be technical, they use the Bombardier MITRAC 1508c traction motor. It's a really nice sound.
The green line is not a train or trolley or a bus it's a tram
What kind of asics are those
um, revere beach iz akshū'ullee on ħə blue line ?
the prenounceation needs some work🤣 great video
Pretty sure that the MBTA Green Line is a light rail line and not a subway line
hi
ITS COPLY (cop-ly)
Septa video pls
Haymarket
Its copel e is how u pronounced copply
It’s Cop-Ley Sqaure NOT Cope-Ly Center. Please get your facts straight!
Hey dude please don’t disrespect the Charlie card. It’s not from marketing it’s just from a historical story of one man named old Charlie. So please don’t call the Charlie card dumb.
Chicago had the first transit system CTA opened in 1892
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