BOSTON

MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES

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5 Dec. 1946

The Boston system the day before the elimination of streetcar line 89 (Clarendon Hill - Sullivan).


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Boston tram map - 1946

ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAP

Bw Bowdoin MA Massachusetts Av.
GH Grove Hall PS Park Station
HA Humboldt Av. TSS Tremont Street subway
HB Harvard Bridge UC Uphams Corner
Hm Haymarket WIP Wood Island Park
LS Lexington St. WS Warren St.

DISCONTINUATION DATES OF STREETCAR TRACKS BETWEEN 6 DEC. 1946 AND 1 JUNE 1956 (affected route designations in parantheses)

  • 1946 Dec. 6: Broadway (between Clarendon Hill & Main Street) (89)
  • 1947 Apr. 18: Broadway - Main St. - Salem St. (101)
  • 1948 Apr. 2: Sullivan Sq. - Main St. - Charlestown Bridge (92)
  • 1948 June 18: Fields Corner - Neponset (20)
  • 1948 Dec. 24: Dudley - Dudley St. (to Blue Hill Av.) (15, 45); Dudely St. (between Blue Hill Av. & Uphams Corner) (15); Blue Hill Av. (Dudely St. - Grove Hall) (45)
  • 1949 Jan. 7: Dudley - Warren St. - Grove Hall (19, 22, 23); Grove Hall - Geneva Av. (to Bowdoin St.) (19); Talbot Av. (between Blue Hill Av. & Washington St.) (22); Washington St. (between Grove Hall & Talbot Av.) (23); Talbot Av. (between Washington St. & Ashmont) (22, 23)
  • 1949 Jan. 28: Humboldt Av. (44)
  • 1949 Feb. 11: Hancock St. - Bowdoin St. (17)
  • 1949 Apr. 23: Maverick - Jeffries Pt. (122)
  • 1949 June 7: Dudley - Columbus Av. (41); Centre St. (41)
  • 1949 July 1: Sullivan Sq. - Bunker Hill St. - North Station (93)
  • 1949 Sept. 16: Dudley - Egleston (42)
  • 1949 Sept. 18: Harvard Stn. - Massachusetts Av. - Harvard Bridge - Massachusetts Stn. (76)
  • 1949 Dec. 9: Andrew - Boston St. - Columbia Rd. - Franklin Park (16)
  • 1950 June 16: Central Sq. - Western Av. - Arsenal St. - Watertown Sq. (70)
  • 1951 Sept. 28: Roslindale - Charles River Loop (36)
  • 1952 Jan. 4: All NE Boston routes from Maverick (114-118, 121)
  • 1952 Nov. 21: Arborway Station - Washington St. - Dedham Line (34)
  • 1953 March 1: Broadway (9)
  • 1953 Apr. 24: Cummins Highway (30, 30A); Hyde Park Av. (30A, 32)
  • 1953 June 19: Summer St. (7)
  • 1953 Sept. 12: Massachusetts Av. (47)
  • 1953 Dec. 4: Dudley - Southampton St. - City Point (10)
  • 1955 Sept. 9: Blue Hill Av. (29)
  • 1955 Nov. 18: North Cambridge - Arlington Heights (79)
  • 1955 Dec. 16: Egleston - Washington St. - Arborway Station (40);

ROUTES


Operator: Boston Elevated Railway

STREETCAR ROUTES

    7 South Station - Summer St. - City Point
    9 North Station - Tremont Street subway - Broadway - City Point
  10 Dudley - Southampton St. - City Point
  15 Dudley - Dudley St. - Uphams Corner
  16 Andrew - Boston St. - Columbia Rd. - Franklin Park
  17 Andrew - Boston St. - Bowdoin St. - Fields Corner
  19 Dudley - Warren St. - Fields Corner
  20 Fields Corner - Neponset
  22 Dudley - Warren St. - Blue Hill Av. - Talbot Av. - Ashmont
  23 Dudley - Warren St. - Dorchester - Ashmont
  28 Ashmont - Mattapan
  29 Egleston - Seaver St. - Blue Hill Av. - Mattapan
  30 Mattapan - Cummins Hwy. - Roslindale
  30A Mattapan - Cummins Hwy. - Hyde Park Ave. - Arborway Station
  32 Arborway Station - Hyde Park Ave. - Hyde Park, Cleary Square
  34 Arborway Station - Washington St. - Dedham Line
  36 Arborway Station - Washington St. - Roslindale - Charles River Loop
  39 Park St. Station - Tremont Street subway - Boylston St. subway - Huntington Av. - South St. - Arborway Station
  40 Egleston - Washington St. - Arborway Station
  41 Dudley - Jamaica Plain
  42 Dudley - Washington St. - Egleston
  43 North Station - Tremont Street subway - Columbus Av. – Egleston
  44 Dudley - Humboldt Av. - Seaver St.
  45 Dudley - Dudley St. - Blue Hill Av. - Grove Hall
  47 Dudley - Massachusetts Av. - Massachusetts Stn.
  57 North Station - Tremont Street subway - Boylston St. subway - Huntington Av. - Heath St.
  61 Lechmere – North Station - Tremont Street subway - Boylston St. subway - Beacon St. - Cleveland Circle
  62 Lechmere – North Station - Tremont Street subway - Boylston St. subway - Commonwealth Av. - Boston College
  69 Park St. Station - Tremont Street subway - Boylston St. subway - Commonwealth Av. - Washington St. - Watertown Sq.
  70 Central Sq. - Western Av. - Arsenal St. - Watertown Sq.
  71 Harvard Stn. - Mt. Auburn St. - Watertown Sq.
  73 Harvard Stn. - Mt. Auburn St. - Belmont St. - Waverley
  76 Harvard Stn. - Massachusetts Av. - Harvard Bridge - Massachusetts Stn.
  79 Harvard Stn. - Massachusetts Av. - Arlington - Arlington Heights
  82 Harvard Stn. - Massachusetts Av. - North Cambridge
  89 Sullivan Sq. - Broadway - Clarendon Hill
  92 Haymarket - North Stn. - Main St. - Sullivan Sq
  93 Haymarket - North Stn. - Bunker Hill St. - Sullivan Sq
100 Sullivan Sq. - Wellington Bridge - Fellsway - Elm Street
101 Sullivan Sq. - Broadway - Main St. - Medford - Salem St.
114 Maverick - Meridian St. Bridge
115 Maverick - Bennington St. - Gladstone St.
116 Maverick - Bennington St. - Broadway - Revere St. - Revere Beach
117 Maverick - Bennington St. - Broadway - Beach St. - Revere Beach
118 Maverick - Bennington St. - Revere Beach
121 Maverick - Lexington St. - Wood Island Park
122 Maverick - Jeffries Pt.

SUBWAY ROUTES

  1 Harvard Station - Central Sq. - Kendall - Park St. Station - South Stn. - Columbia - Ashmont
  2 Everett - Sullivan Sq. - North Station - Dover - Egleston - Forest Hills
  3 Bowdoin - Atlantic Av. - Maverick

Operator: Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway

INTERURBAN ROUTES

    A Fields Corner - Neponset - Hancock St. - Quincy Square
    B Fields Corner - Neponset - Hancock St. - Quincy Square - Washington St. - Shipyard

Note that the above numeric and alphabetic route designations are of an indicative nature only, and were not used by the operating companies at the time.



CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

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  • Subway lines: ? km.
  • Interurban lines: ? km.