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  2. Atlantic Avenue Elevated - Wikipedia

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    The Atlantic Avenue Elevated was an elevated railway around the east side of Downtown Boston, Massachusetts, providing a second route for the Boston Elevated Railway's Main Line Elevated (now the MBTA's Orange Line) around the Washington Street tunnel. It was in use from 1901 to 1938, when it was closed due to low ridership, later being demolished.

  3. Washington Street Elevated - Wikipedia

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    A Silver Line bus at East Berkeley Street stop, the former location of Dover station, in 2011. Since the Southwest Corridor was located somewhat further to the west than the elevated had been, away from neighborhood centers like Dudley and Egleston Squares, the MBTA promised that a branch of the light rail Green Line would be built to provide continued rapid transit service to those areas.

  4. Chinatown station (MBTA) - Wikipedia

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    A Silver Line bus at the station in 2024. Chinatown station has two side platforms serving the two tracks of the Washington Street Tunnel.As with Downtown Crossing and State, the platforms are offset; the northbound platform runs north from Essex Street to Hayward Place, while the southbound platform runs south from Boylston Street (opposite Essex) to Lagrange Street.

  5. List of tunnels in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Washington Street Tunnel, streetcar tunnel, Washington Street under the Chicago River in Chicago, abandoned Winston Tunnel , abandoned rail tunnel, 2,493 feet (760 m) long, abandoned and partially collapsed former Chicago Great Western Railway tunnel, 9 miles west of Elizabeth in Jo Daviess County

  6. History of the MBTA - Wikipedia

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    In 1908, the Washington Street Tunnel opened, giving the Elevated a shorter route through downtown and returning the older Tremont Street subway to full streetcar service. [10] Various extensions and branches were built to the Tremont Street subway in both directions, bypassing more surface tracks.

  7. US advances $6.88 billion grant for key New York tunnel project

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    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration advanced a key $6.88 billion grant to help build a long-delayed new railway tunnel between New York City and New Jersey, which would be the largest ...

  8. First Street Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    The First Street Tunnel is a two-track, soft-earth tunnel built between 1904 and 1906 by the Washington Terminal Company to serve as the southern approach to Union Station in Washington, D.C. Currently owned by Amtrak, it connects to lower-level tracks and platforms at the station, passes under Capitol Hill and connects to the RF&P Subdivision (CSX Transportation) and Long Bridge, offering ...

  9. State station - Wikipedia

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    The Washington Street Tunnel opened to carry the Main Line (predecessor of the Orange Line) in 1908, with platforms at Milk and State. In 1924, the East Boston Tunnel was converted to use metro rolling stock. The MBTA renamed the lines to the Blue Line and Orange Line in 1965, and renamed both stations to State in 1967.