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The Watertown-Cambridge Greenway right-of-way cleared of overgrowth in August 2018. Mt. Auburn Street passes overhead. State and local [10] [11] collaboration has been ongoing for transformation of the rail corridor into a rail trail, [12] once known as the Charles River/Alewife Connector, [13] now called the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway.
The A branch or Watertown Line was a streetcar line in the Boston, Massachusetts, area, operating as a branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line.The line ran from Watertown through Newton Corner, Brighton, and Allston to Kenmore Square, then used the Boylston Street subway and Tremont Street subway to reach Park Street station.
Many of these facilities are former streetcar carhouses that were gradually converted to trackless trolley and bus use, although some like Southampton (built 2004) are of recent construction. Of the former streetcar carhouses, only Arborway and Watertown were Green Line yards during part of the MBTA era. Everett was an Orange Line yard until 1975.
Watertown Carhouse is a bus maintenance facility and former streetcar carhouse located in the southern section of Watertown, Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Watertown Square. As Watertown Yard , the site also serves as a bus depot serving local and express routes 52 , 57 , 59 , and 504 , with additional connections available at ...
By 1929, the only service to Union Square and Somerville was one outbound and two inbound Watertown Branch trains. [23] Service to the two stations ended on July 9, 1938, along with the end of passenger service on the Watertown Branch. [24] [25] [26] The station building was demolished sometime between 1936 and 1940. [27] [28]
In a news release, Avatar Construction of Watertown, Mass., announced plans for a project called Grand Maison, a six-story, 223-unit apartment complex and retail space located at 533 Elm St. The ...
Sixth Massachusetts Turnpike: Amherst–Greenwich–Oakham–Shrewsbury 1799–1829 Local roads west of Rutland and east of Holden; Route 122A (Rutland–Holden). Pelham–Greenwich is now under the Quabbin Reservoir. Eighth Massachusetts Turnpike: Becket–Chester–Russell 1800–1844 US 20: Ninth Massachusetts Turnpike: Douglas–Mendon ...
Passenger service ended on the Watertown Branch in 1938. [15]: 251 Hills Crossing station closed by the mid-1940s, and West Cambridge by the 1960s. [19] The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) was formed in 1964 to support suburban rail service. A number of lightly used branch lines were closed by the MBTA, with the Lexington ...