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Shortly after the steam locomotive became practical for mass transportation, [6] the private Boston and Lowell Railroad was chartered in 1830. [7] The rail, which opened in 1835, [6] connected Boston to Lowell, [8] a major northerly mill town in northeast Massachusetts' Merrimack Valley, [9] via one of the oldest railroads in North America.
Union Square is a square in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts at the intersection of Cambridge Street and Brighton Avenue/North Beacon Street. [1] Union Square is serviced by the MBTA 57, 64, 66, 501, and 503 buses.
Streetcar congestion in downtown Boston led to the creation of underground subways and elevated rail, the former in 1897 and the latter in 1901. The Tremont Street subway was the first rapid transit tunnel in the United States and had a 24/7 service. [4]
From August 6 to 21, 2022, Union Square was served by C and D branch trains, as the E branch was closed for maintenance work. [102] The Union Square Branch was closed from August 22 to September 18, 2022; the closure allowed for final integration of the Medford Branch, elimination of a speed restriction on the Lechmere Viaduct, and other work ...
Boston Harbor Cruises (which had briefly operated Hingham service in 1978) took over the Hingham–Boston service in 1997. [6] The MBTA-owned Lightning at Quincy on F2/F2H service in 2008. In 1996, Water Transportation Associates (WTA), doing business as Harbor Express, began service between Fore River Shipyard in Quincy and Long Wharf via ...
Boston Harbor is a large harbor which constitutes the western extremity of Massachusetts Bay. The harbor is sheltered from Massachusetts Bay and the open Atlantic Ocean by a combination of the Winthrop Peninsula and Deer Island to the north, the hooked Nantasket Peninsula and Point Allerton to the south, and the harbor islands in the middle.
[64] [65] Oak Square–Park Street service via Huntington Avenue was cut back to Allston–Park Street on January 30, 1915, and a Cypress Street–Park Street line via Longwood Avenue was added. [66] Washington Street service was re-extended to Lake Street on November 6, 1915, as Beacon Street service was cut to Reservoir.
The BERy began operating bus service in 1922. [7]: 46 A Harvard Square–Union Square, Somerville bus route began operation on August 22, 1925. It was extended from Harvard Square to Union Square, Allston on December 19. [14] [7]: 50