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There was a debate at that time whether or not to continue subway trains from Boston to Ashmont onwards to Mattapan, but the cost of full-scale subway service was apparently too high for the Boston Elevated Railway which then operated it. The line opened from Ashmont to Milton on August 26, 1929, and from Milton to Mattapan on December 21, 1929 ...
The color-branded lines consist of three heavy rail lines (Red, Orange, and Blue), one branched light rail system , and a short light rail line (the Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line, colored as part of the Red Line). All except the Ashmont–Mattapan line operate in tunnels in the downtown area, but no route operates entirely underground, and ...
Conversion of the section between Ashmont and Mattapan to an interurban-style streetcar line by the Boston Elevated Railway began in 1926. The former Milton station building was demolished in May 1929. [3] The segment of the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line from Ashmont to Milton was opened on August 26, 1929. Milton was the terminus of the ...
Mattapan station is an MBTA light rail station in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the southern terminus of the Mattapan Line , part of the Red Line , and is also an important MBTA bus transfer station, with eight routes terminating there.
Planned West End Street Railway system, 1885; consolidation of these lines was complete by 1887. See also 1880 horse railway map.. Mass transportation in Boston was provided by private companies, often granted charters by the state legislature for limited monopolies, with powers of eminent domain to establish a right-of-way, until the creation of the MTA in 1947.
The Type 10 cars will be used on all four branches of the Green Line, replacing the Type 7 and Type 8 cars. Initially, Type 10s will operate as single cars, with the option to form two-car trains in the future. [1]: 2 Some Type 9 cars will continue in service on the Green Line, and others will be reassigned to the Mattapan Line. [14] [15]
Following the introduction of the Type 10 cars, the Type 9 cars are expected to be reassigned to the Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line. They will replace the Mattapan line's current fleet of PCC streetcars, which were built in the mid-1940s and have been continually rebuilt since. [17] The infrastructure of the Mattapan line will need to be ...
An Ashmont–Mattapan line streetcar on the new loop at Ashmont in 2016 On January 10, 2003, with design work at 90% and $2.2 million spent, the MBTA stopped work. A $3.3 million design for a full reconstruction was authorized on February 12, 2004.