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Article: No more Red Line blues First of 86 high-tech subway cars enter service
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 5, 1994
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Helen Stejskal and others riding in a 33-year-old subway car on
the Red Line last week clapped their hands over their ears as the
vehicle let out a piercing, 15-second screech near Broadway Station.
If they had waited on the platform a few minutes longer, they
could have taken a car quiet enough to allow for polite conversation.
Along came four of the 86 new Bombardier cars, all of which are
scheduled to enter service by the fall.
"The Red Line's going high-tech," said Brent Auerbach, taking his
first ride on the shiny new cars. "I've heard about this train," he
said, as he eyed the flashing destination signs and the padded red
seats smelling like new upholstery.
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