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Boston-area streetcar lines remaining in 1940 (in green), plotted against a map of the BERy's subway and elevated lines (in purple). The shade of green for each line denotes how long the line lasted after this; the lightest-green lines were abandoned in 1945 or earlier, the second-lightest lines were abandoned from 1946 to 1950, the second-darkest lines were abandoned from 1951 to 1969, and ...
From 1889–1901, the famed Nine-Mile Circle line ran from Downtown Atlanta to Ponce de Leon Springs and what is now Virginia Highland. In 1924, Georgia Power operated the following streetcar lines (see map above): [6] 1 Decatur St.-Marietta St-Marietta Rd; 2 Ponce de Leon-West View (east terminus: Ponce at East Lake Rd.) 3 Boulevard-West Hunter
MBTA Green Line Mattapan Line: Boston: Horse 1856 ? Electric Portion (MBTA Green Line) upgraded to light rail in the 1970s January 1, 1889 [94] See Boston-area streetcar lines. The surviving portions are the Mattapan Line and the MBTA Green Line. See also: Category:Streetcars in the Boston area. Brockton: Horse July 26, 1881 ? Electric
A streetcar turning onto Auburn Avenue from Jackson Street, approaching the King Historic District stop, in 2017. The Atlanta Streetcar (also known as the Downtown Loop) is a streetcar line in Atlanta, Georgia. Testing on the line began in summer 2014 [4] with passenger service beginning as scheduled on December 30, 2014.
The Boston Elevated Railway (BERy) was a streetcar and rapid transit railroad operated on, above, and below, the streets of Boston, Massachusetts and surrounding communities. Founded in 1894, it eventually acquired the West End Street Railway via lease and merger to become the city's primary mass transit provider.
A list of current and former streetcar lines and companies in the Boston, Massachusetts area. Subcategories. ... Newton and Boston Street Railway;
A streetcar suburb is a residential community whose growth and development was strongly shaped by the use of streetcar lines as a primary means of transportation. Such suburbs developed in the United States in the years before the automobile, when the introduction of the electric trolley or streetcar allowed the nation’s burgeoning middle class to move beyond the central city’s borders. [1]
An 1899 illustration of the new tracks on Ipswich Street. In the 1890s, the West End Street Railway rapidly electrified its existing horsecar system. The speedier electric streetcars also allowed expansion into suburbs like Brookline and Brighton; new lines were built on Beacon Street in 1888–89 and on Commonwealth Avenue in 1894–96.