Area 9 Security Checkpoint apparently acts as one of the many transit security checkpoints throughout the Transit System. There Barney Calhoun leaves the line he took at Area 8 Topside Dormitories to the Sector C Line. Likely located not far from Area 9 Central Transit Hub, Area 9 Security Checkpoint is first seen during Barney Calhoun's tram ride at the start of Blue Shift. Its name suggests there are other such entrances. Above it floats an orange flag of Black Mesa. East Personnel EntranceĬonnects Area 8 Topside Dormitories to the rest of the facility through the Transit System. Along Sector B Line can be seen a fast food outlet, a lab, and a lavomat. Sector B Line passing by through the Area 8 Topside Dormitories.Ī medium-security line where can be found the Area 9 Security Checkpoint, it is the line taken by Barney Calhoun from Area 8 Topside Dormitories through the East Personnel Entrance, and leading to Area 9 Central Transit Hub. Only three are seen/mentioned during the games: Main colored lines Red LineĮach Sector has apparently its line, a sub-line to the overall network. The network is divided into four colored lines linking the seven main Sectors, as well as other areas, and sub-lines. The Black Mesa Transit System should not be confused with the Sector E Materials Transport, the dilapidated freight monorail network. Adrian Shephard also briefly hitches a ride on a damaged tram before being left behind by the USMC.Īfter the Black Mesa Incident, the majority of the Transit System was in shambles, thus preventing the majority of the personnel from using it, like Gordon Freeman. Gordon Freeman and Barney Calhoun, for example, ride a tram to work from their dormitories shortly before the incident. The protagonists of the game use the Transit System before and after the Black Mesa Incident to get around the facility. Black Mesa employees use it to travel from their dormitories to their workplace, do their laundry, entertain themselves in recreation areas, or eat in food courts. The Transit System is prominently featured in Half-Life and its expansions. There are a total of 32 trams in the facility.

It includes seats, a wheelchair space, windows, speakers, and an electric door.

Each train consists of a single monorail car driven automatically.

Black mesa transit system