Random Photos: State to Aquarium

I didn’t realize how close these two stations actually were, but it turns out you can see Aquarium from State. You learn something new every day…

You can see how much deeper Aquarium is than State.

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arcady on November 25, 2014 at 12:36 am

They've gotten closer over time too. When they were lengthened for 6 car trains, Aquarium was extended westward and State was extended eastward.
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- Miles Taylor on November 25, 2014 at 12:38 am
  
  Ah, yes. I didn't realize they extended the platforms towards each other, though.
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- edward findlay on November 30, 2014 at 6:54 pm
  
  They have to, you have the tunnel under the harbor on one end and the sharp turn towards Gov't Center on the other so the only place to go is towards each other.
  
  I wouldn't look too much into it, in Chicago there is a string of stations in a row with a shared platform- the longest station platform in the world. And in New York several stations are so close that trains are still exiting one station while entering another
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Robert Avery on November 10, 2020 at 11:56 am

Same thing with state street and downtown crossing that are so close on the orange line that you can even see state from downtown crossing
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