Happy Birthday: MBTA Orange Line turns 111

The MBTA Orange Line (one of Boston’s Metro Lines) turns 111 years old today.  Back when this line started passengers paid $.05.  Apparently demand for the service was underestimated and the line was plagued with overcrowding and delays. Hmm… here we are 111 years later and it seems like those problems persist.

Regardless, of the ills that can sometimes plague this often maligned subway line, I have to say Boston just wouldn’t be the same without it. The Boston Globe has a collection of photographs chronicling the history of the Orange Line which you can peruse here.