Green Line trains at the newly renovated Government Center Subway Station, Boston, MA

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Government Center (MBTA station) Location: 1 Cambridge St, Boston, Massachusetts Coordinates: 42°21′34″N, 71°03′34″W Owned by: MBTA Operating Lines: Blue Line (Bowdoin - Wonderland) Green Line (C, D, E branches) Bus Connections: 352, 354 Disabled access: Yes Opened: September 3, 1898 (Green Line) March 18, 1916 (Blue Line) Rebuilt: March 22, 2014 – March 21, 2016 Previous names: Scollay Square (1898–1963) Government Center (1964-2014) Government Center (2016-present) History: Government Center is an MBTA subway station located at the intersection of Tremont, Court and Cambridge Streets in the Government Center area of Boston. It is a transfer point between the light rail Green Line and the rapid transit Blue Line. With the Green Line platform having opened in 1898, the station is the third-oldest operating subway station (and the second-oldest of the quartet of "hub stations") in the MBTA system; only Park Street and Boylston are older. The station previously served Scollay Square before its demolition for the creation of Boston City Hall Plaza. The station was closed on March 22, 2014 for a major renovation, which included retrofitting the station for handicapped accessibility and building a new glass headhouse on City Hall Plaza. The new fully accessible station was reopened on March 21, 2016. In this video, you can see many Green Line Streetcars pass through and terminate at the newly renovated station. It uses both natural and artificial light and an open concept of a train terminal. I enter the station for the first time on the Blue Line from Aquarium. Lucky me, I was on car 0777. And now that Government Center is open to the public, an updated MBTA Blue Line Full Ride video will be out soon. And yes, It will be from Bowdoin to Wonderland again.