EGE -- fantastic find!!From my current understanding: The OL platforms are more or less unmodified, except for the addition of elevators. (The Washington Street Tunnel was built for 8-car trains of 46-foot cars, and platforms required only minor lengthening for 6-car trains of the modern 65-foot cars). The OL lobby has had stair reconfigurations but is largely the same shape. The OL headhouse is completely changed, having been rebuilt in 1971-76 during urban renewal, and modified again with the Parcel 7 construction around it in the 90s.
The GL side, on the other hand, is completely different. The island platform opened in 1971 occupies the center track spaces, and is parallel to the OL platforms. Approximately the western third of the old platforms are taken up by the modern fare lobby (which was constructed without closing the GL platforms, though the surface entrance was closed for four years), while the rest is abandoned.
I'm doubtful that you could provide direct access to the GL platform from the OL lobby. Both lines are fairly shallow - the OL platforms just 19.5 feet below street level - and that lobby is compressed into a short basement story. The GL is even shallower; the GL and OL platforms are about level with each other.
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Yes, those drawings from the Boston Elevated Railway (BERY) engineers and drafters are true works of art.EGE -- fantastic find!!
That's a drawing from the era when people knew how to draw and write on drawings -- we shan't see that kind of craft again barring a complete collapse of modern technology
As I recall (and I could be wrong), the current station is not using one of the original islands, and it is not in the same location as the original station. The following is from Wikipedia: "On May 10, 1971, the MBTA opened a new Green Line platform at Haymarket, located south (inbound) of the 1898-built station. The new island platform occupies the space of the former center tracks, which were reconnected to the through tracks just south of the new platform.[3] The original 1898 platforms are still visible in the tunnel from Green Line cars traveling just north of the new platforms. The empty space is now used for electrical equipment and occasional storage. "So I'm thinking the green line isn't sharing that wall anymore and I'm wondering which island from that first drawing the MBTA ended up using. Also, Washington Street is further west comparing the 1937 map to today. https://www.mapjunction.com/. If only somebody had a modern siteplan. Oh, and I totally agree with the praise of those older drafting efforts. So human and approachable. Art indeed.
As I recall (and I could be wrong), the current station is not using one of the original islands, and it is not in the same location as the original station. The following is from Wikipedia: "On May 10, 1971, the MBTA opened a new Green Line platform at Haymarket, located south (inbound) of the 1898-built station. The new island platform occupies the space of the former center tracks, which were reconnected to the through tracks just south of the new platform.[3] The original 1898 platforms are still visible in the tunnel from Green Line cars traveling just north of the new platforms. The empty space is now used for electrical equipment and occasional storage. "
That is what I recall seeing when I was a teenager at the time.
Thank you all for the compliments and recommendations! I may mess around with the color scheme at some point. In the meantime, here are today's stations:
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That's closer than I would have got! And it shows where the opportunities are. Great work, EGE!
EGE -- I know its not part of your usual Modus or perhaps your usual Operandi -- But where is the footprint of the State Street Tower with respect to the platforms and lobbies?
About a quarter mile down Congress Street? /snarkEGE -- I know its not part of your usual Modus or perhaps your usual Operandi -- But where is the footprint of the State Street Tower with respect to the platforms and lobbies?