Orient Heights (MBTA station)

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Blue Line
Handicapped/Disabled access Wonderland
Handicapped/Disabled access Revere Beach
Handicapped/Disabled access Beachmont
Handicapped/Disabled access Suffolk Downs
Handicapped/Disabled access Orient Heights
Handicapped/Disabled access Wood Island
Handicapped/Disabled access Airport
Maverick
Handicapped/Disabled access Aquarium
Handicapped/Disabled access* State
Government Center
Bowdoin

*Wheelchair access on outbound
side only at State; exiting inbound
riders change direction at
Government Center

A blue line train waits at a non-revenue plaform between Orient Heights and the Orient Heights Yard. In the distance is the yard itself.
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A blue line train waits at a non-revenue plaform between Orient Heights and the Orient Heights Yard. In the distance is the yard itself.

Orient Heights station is on the part of the Blue Line in East Boston, MA that uses overhead catenary instead of third rail. Orient Heights is one of the few Blue Line stations in East Boston that has not been rebuilt; nevertheless, its two platforms sit on either side of two central tracks and are connected by a mezzanine walkway to facilitate changing directions without paying an extra fare.

Orient Heights Yard, the main Blue Line yard, is (as the name suggests) close by.