The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts • 357

North 5 THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE JUNE 18, 1995 Ns BUSES The four new or renovated stations have better lighting, new benches, police call boxes and open access for the AMY MacNEIL, spokeswoman 0' I mrnmm MS 'iMuT nil it i ir ij iw i 1 1 1 i ii in i i i a i i v' receive up to IN FILENI'S BASEMENT GIFT CERTIFICATES WITH THE PURCHASE OF SELECT AIRHOTEL CRUISE VACATIONS! Vacah'on Price Filene's Basement per person certificates per couple $399 $699 $50 MOO MBTA workers at Wonderland Station work on steps at the entrance, part the $9 million upgrade at that site. Blue Line stations set to reopen BOOKINGS MUST BE MADE BY JULY 15, 1995 FOR TRAVEL ANY TIME IN 1995 OR 19961 ground level, covered passenger pickup and bus turnaround loop as well as ground level access to rapid transit trains. New bookings only. Not valid on airfare only purchases. Valid for in store purchases only at above locations.

Certificates will be sent after travel has been completed. May not be combined with any other offers or discounts. Restrictions applyj i Choose from Hundreds of Vacations including Majesty's Boston to Bermuda Cruise! Take a 7 night cruise aboard the mv Royal Majesty sailing every Sunday, Now through October 22, 1995 from Boston to Bermuda. Includes all meals, entertainment plus exciting casino action! The upgrade also includes switching and track work at Orient Heights. Another $20 million will be spent upgrading power facilities to run the trains between Wonderland station and Airport station and another $6 million from Bowdoin to Airport.

The she added, is working with the Central Artery Tunnel project in the rebuilding of Aquarium station, which is directly beneath a portion of the depressed Central Artery. Just up the tracks from Aquarium station, planners are studying two new entrances for State Street station, whose current entrance is under the historic Old State House. "The main thing is we're opening up the four stations at the northern end of the line on schedule and that should be a great relief to commuters north of Boston who rely on the Blue Line," said MacNeil. w'- -yjS: rubber mats have been placed under the tracks to reduce noise. In other areas, where trains pass very close to homes, noise proofing is planned and special noise reduction walls are being tested alongside the rail bed, according to MacNeil.

About half of the Blue Line's 70 cars already have been renovated, she added. Again, she explained, many of the renovations will not be obvious although they were essential. Those renovations, she said, include new floors in the trains, overhauls of doors including realignments, mechanical overhauls of motors and gears to reduce breakdowns and even rehabilitation of the couplers that hold the cars together. And the cabs of the train operators also have been overhauled, she said. MacNeil said the breakdown of ridership of the four stations and the costs to renovate or rebuild them are: Wonderland, with a ridership of 5,800, $9 million; Revere Beach with a ridership of 1,800, $9.8 million; Beachmont with 2,200 passengers, $27 million for a new station over Winthrop Avenue; Suffolk Downs with 650 daily passengers, $3 million.

Wood Island station, which once contained an elevated bus turnaround loop, has been replaced by a HMBTA Continued from Page 1 tions is expected to take pressure off the Orient Heights station, where the parking lot often was filled to capacity and closed by morning rush hour, forcing commuters to park at nearby Constitution Beach or to park illegally on side streets. The four stations serve more than 10,000 of the some 60,000 a day who ride the Blue Line, the last of the T's Greater Boston rail lines to be updated. Orient Heights station, which normally serves some 4,000 riders a day, is due for renovation next year and Wood Island station, also being completely rebuilt, will remain open with scheduled work conclusion expected late next month, according to MacNeil. Each of the stations is being rebuilt to accommodate six-car trains instead of the current four in order to meet anticipated increased rider-ship of at least 25 percent over the next decade or so, according to officials. Many of the improvements, ac-aording to MacNeil, will not be obvi-us but should make for smoother, quieter riding both for passengers and those who live in homes along the Blue Line.

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