BOSTON

ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAP

Bw	Bowdoin	TSS	Tremont Street subway
GC	Government Center



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ROUTES

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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

The abbreviations BL, OL and RL are for convenience only. Local usage is strictly Blue Line, Orange Line and Red Line, respectively.

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)

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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.

GAUGE

• Streetcars: 1435 mm.
• Subway): 1435 mm.

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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.

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SOURCES

PRINT

• 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.
• 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
• Green Line (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 for information obtained through personal communication.