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ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAP
| Bw | Bowdoin | TSS | Tremont Street subway |
| GC | Government Center |
I created the above map by overlaying an OpenStreetMap (OSM) map with my own data. Copyright on the OSM map is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).
Please note that the OSM map used as a template for this map corresponds to the situation at the time the map was downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, it may show bridges and highways that were built later.
ROUTES
Operator: Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
LIGHT RAIL (STREETCAR + IN-TUNNEL) ROUTES
| Green Line | B | Government Center - Tremont Street subway - Park St. Station - Boylston St. subway - Commonwealth Av. - Boston College |
| Green Line | C | North Station - Government Center - Tremont Street subway - Boylston St. subway - Beacon St. - Cleveland Circle |
| Green Line | D | [Off-peak: North Station -] Government Center - Tremont Street subway - Boylston St. subway - Brookline - Reservoir - Newton Highlands - Riverside |
| Green Line | E | Lechmere - North Station - Government Center - Tremont Street subway - Boylston St. subway - Huntington Av. - Heath St. |
| Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line | AML | Ashmont - Mattapan |
SUBWAY ROUTES
| Blue Line | BL | Bowdoin - Airport Stn. (Logan Int. Airport) - Wonderland |
| Orange Line | OL | Oak Grove - Malden Center - Sullivan Sq. - North Station - Stony Brook - Forest Hills |
| Red Line | RL | Alewife - Harvard Station - Kendall - Park St. Station - South Stn. - Columbia ( - Ashmont) / ( - Quincy Center - Braintree) |
The abbreviations BL, OL and RL are for convenience only. Local usage is strictly Blue Line, Orange Line and Red Line, respectively.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Streetcar/LRT lines: 41 km.
- Subway lines: 61 km.
HISTORY
- Streetcars: (horse-powered) 26 March 1856 - ca. 1900; (electric) 1 Jan. 1889 - today.
- Subway: 1 Sept. 1897 - today.
- Interurbans: 1892 - 1 May 1948
GAUGE
- Streetcars / Interurbans: 1435 mm.
- Subway: 1435 mm.
TRAM PRESERVATION
The Seashore Trolley Museum, in Kennebunkport (Maine), just NE of Boston, owns and operates historic Boston-area streetcars and subway vehicles, as well as many other vintage public transportation vehicles from around the world.
SOURCES
- "Boston Green line reaches Somerville" Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2022 (85: 1013), p.164.
- Buckley, R. "No tea party in Boston" Tramways & Urban Transit, Dec. 2012 (75: 900), p.459-461.
- Clarke, B.H. Streetcar Lines of the Hub, the 1940s Heyday of Electric Transit in Boston. Boston: Boston Street Railway Association, 2003.
- Demery, L.W. "US transit funding - Part 6: Elsewhere in the USA (East Coast) [Boston]" Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit, July 1990 (53: 631), p. 219-222.
- Kyper, F. "Tramways in Boston today - Part 1" Modern Tramway & Light Railway Review, Jan. 1968 (31: 361), p.11-16.
- Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). System Route Map. 1956.
- Pence, H. "Blizzard buries Boston" Tramways & Urban Transit, June 2015 (78: 930), p.226-230.
- Simons, V. "Branching out in Boston", Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2022 (85: 1015), p.254-260.
- Simons, V. "Systems Factfile No.99: Boston, USA", Tramways & Urban Transit, Dec. 2015 (78: 936), p.488-492.
- Taplin, M.R. Tramways of North America, including rapid transit [Tramway Handbooks No.4] Hassocks (West Sussex, England): Light Rail Transit Association, 1981.
WIKIS
- Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line
- Blue Line (MBTA)
- Boston-area streetcar lines
- Boston Elevated Railway
- Boston Street Railway Association
- Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
- Green Line (MBTA)
- History of the MBTA
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
- Orange Line (MBTA)
- Red Line (MBTA)
WEB SITES
- Boston (on UrbanRail.Net)
- Boston Street Railway Association
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
Also, thanks to Jean Liou in France and Russell Powers from Denver CO for information on the history of the Boston system.
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