Bowdoin (MBTA station)

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Bowdoin Station
Address	Cambridge Street at New Chardon and Bowdoin Streets, Boston
Lines	MBTA Subway Blue Line
Platforms	wedge shaped island platform
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Opened	March 18, 1916
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Bowdoin Station (pronounced BO-din) of the MBTA, is a station on the Blue Line, serving Bowdoin Square in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood. Bowdoin Station opened for service on March 18, 1916, and was originally part of an old trolley line that ran under downtown Boston, connecting Beacon Hill to Maverick Square. Bowdoin Station is lightly used except at rush hour, and is only open from 5:15AM to 6:30PM, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. At all other times, trains terminate and originate service at Government Center station. The sharp loop just past the station is used to turn around Blue Line trains at all times, sending them back to Government Center and on to Wonderland, in Revere. The station consists of a wedge-shaped island platform just long enough for the 4-car trains the Blue Line currently runs.

Bowdoin is slated to be closed permanently once the MBTA starts running 6-car trains on the Blue Line in 2008, but may continue to be used as a turnaround loop for inbound trains. Should the MBTA build the tunnel from Government Center to Charles/MGH, Bowdoin will become completely defunct.