Who is Charlie in Boston?

Charlie on the MTA harlie on the MTA was written as a campaign song for Mayoral candidate Walter A. O'Brien, Jr. in 1949. It tells the story of a subway rider named Charlie, stuck on an endless train ride underneath the streets of Boston because he was unable to pay the exit fare.



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Boston's Subway - The T Getting Around on the T. Boston's subway system - locally we call it the T - is the easiest and cheapest way to get around the city, aside from walking. It can also be the most frustrating. Trains get crowded, and sometimes break down.

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The CharlieCard is named after the lead character in the 1948 protest folk music song, M.T.A.. The song was written to protest a fare increase in the form of an extra five cent exit fare for longer rides and was later made popular by the Kingston Trio in 1959.

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“Pissa” is commonly used to say something is good or awesome, often times it can be paired with “wicked” to make “wicked pissa,” also meaning “awesome” or “really awesome.” Similarly, “wicked” is commonly used in place of “very,” but is up for interpretation depending on your preference.

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The Blue Line runs under Boston Harbor (the first subway line in the country to run under a large body of water), and water, of course, is blue. The Orange Line, prior to the late-'80s, was an Elevated line over Washington Street. Washington Street used to be called Orange Way. Hence, the Orange Line.

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ELevated train. Originally Answered: Why is the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) called the L? L is short for elevated because the trains are elevated it is not used for the entire CTA just the elevated trains.

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The Tremont Street subway in Boston's MBTA subway system is the oldest subway tunnel in North America and the third oldest still in use worldwide to exclusively use electric traction (after the City and South London Railway in 1890, and the Budapest Metro's Line 1 in 1896), opening on September 1, 1897.

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