Talk:Boston Elevated Railway/List of lines

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[edit] Intra-downtown

Bus # Name Terminals Via Company Buses began Notes
Downtown Chelsea Ferry Hanover Street Metropolitan Railroad
Atlantic Avenue Rowe's Wharf North Station through downtown (not along Atlantic Avenue) Metropolitan Railroad
Atlantic Avenue Transfer Downtown Rowe's Wharf downtown streets Metropolitan Railroad
Norfolk House and Northern Depots in downtown Metropolitan Railroad
Depot connects railroad depots South Boston Railway
Beacon Street West Chester Park Downtown Marlborough Street, Clarendon Street, and Boylston Street Metropolitan Railroad

5A, 52, 53, 54, 55, 68

[edit] South of the Charles

Bus # Name Terminals Via Company Buses began Notes
5/6 South Boston Downtown Summer Street started as a bus 1938
7 City Point Downtown Summer Street June 19, 1953
8 ???
9 City Point; Dorchester Street, Mount Washington, Office (short turns) City Point Downtown Fourth Street, Broadway, and Federal Street South Boston Railway March 1, 1953
9 Dover Street City Point Downtown Fourth Street, Broadway, Berkeley Street, and Columbus Avenue South Boston Railway March 1, 1953
10 City Point Fourth Street, Broadway, Dorchester Street, and Southampton Street December 4, 1953
11 City Point via Bay View City Point Downtown Eighth Street and Federal Street South Boston Railway January 18, 1929
12/18? Milton Lower Mills; Field's Corner (short turn) Milton Lower Mills Downtown Dorchester Avenue and Federal Street Metropolitan Railroad 1930
Central Avenue Line Milton line
13 Savin Hill Massachusetts Avenue
14 Freeport Street Savin Hill Freeport Street started as a bus
15? Dorchester Avenue via Mount Pleasant Park Street Downtown Dudley Street and Washington Street Metropolitan Railroad December 24, 1948
16 Franklin Park Columbia Road December 9, 1949
17?/25? Meeting House Hill; Upham's Corner (short turn) Meeting House Hill Downtown Bowdoin Street, Dudley Street, and Washington Street Metropolitan Railroad 1928; February 11, 1949
Warren Street Bower Street Downtown Warren Street and Washington Street Metropolitan Railroad
Grove Hall; Warren Street (short turn) Grove Hall Downtown Warren Street and Shawmut Avenue Highland Street Railway
19 Field's Corner Geneva Avenue January 7, 1949
20 Neponset Neponset Avenue June 18, 1948
21 Field's Corner Granite Avenue Adams Street started as a bus by 1925
22 Talbot Avenue Line Ashmont Downtown Talbot Avenue, Blue Hill Avenue, Seaver Street, Columbus Avenue, Tremont Avenue?, Massachusetts Avenue, and Huntington Avenue January 7, 1949
23 Grove Hall Dorchester Downtown Washington Street, Warren Street, and Washington Street Metropolitan Railroad January 7, 1949
24 Hallet Square Ashmont started as a bus
26 Dorchester Norfolk Street and Washington Street 1928-29
27 Mattapan River Street 1933?
28 Ashmont Mattapan Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line
29 Mattapan Blue Hill Avenue and Seaver Street September 9, 1955
30 Mattapan Cummins Highway April 24, 1953
31 East River Street Line Readville Mattapan Hyde Park Avenue and River Street by 1924
32 Hyde Park Avenue Line Cleary Square Forest Hills Hyde Park Avenue April 24, 1953
Grove Street Line Dedham line Grove Street and Washington Street
33 ???
34 Washington Street Line Dedham line Washington Street November 21, 1952
35 Washington Street Grove Street and Centre Street started as a bus by 1925
36 Charles River Line Charles River Forest Hills Spring Street, Belgrade Avenue, and Washington Street September 28, 1951
37 ???
38 West Roxbury Centre Street started as a bus by 1924
39/57 South Huntington Avenue Line Arborway South Street, Centre Street, South Huntington Avenue, and Huntington Avenue
40/42/49 Forest Hills; Egleston Square, Washington Street, West End (short turns) Forest Hills Downtown Washington Street Metropolitan Railroad ?; September 16, 1949; December 16, 1955
Dudley Street Dudley Square Downtown Shawmut Avenue Highland Street Railway
Northampton Street Northampton Street Downtown Columbus Avenue Highland Street Railway
41 Dudley Street Line Jamaica Plain Dudley Square (earlier downtown) Centre Street and Roxbury Street Metropolitan Railroad June 7, 1949
43 Tremont Street Line Eglestown Square (earlier Roxbury Crossing, then Jamaica Plain) Downtown Centre Street, Columbus Avenue, and Tremont Street Metropolitan Railroad June 14, 1956; November 17, 1961
Hyde Square Line Forest Hills (later Hyde Square) Downtown South Street, Centre Street, Columbus Avenue, Tremont Street?, Massachusetts Avenue, and Huntington Avenue merged into Talbot Avenue Line ca. 1916
44 Seaver Street Humboldt Avenue and Warren Street January 28, 1949
45 Oakland Garden; Mount Pleasant (short turn) Oakland Garden Downtown Blue Hill Avenue, Dudley Street, and Shawmut Avenue Highland Street Railway December 24, 1948
46 Heath Street Dudley Square Heath Street and Centre Street started as a bus 1938
47 Beacon Street Transfer Washington Street West Chester Park Northampton Street and Columbus Avenue Metropolitan Railroad September 12, 1953
48 Dudley Square Downtown Washington Street?, Dover Street?, and subway March 4, 1938
50 Cleary Square Forest Hills West Street, Poplar Street, Metropolitan Avenue, and Washington Street started as a bus
51 Cleveland Circle Forest Hills Chestnut Hill Avenue started as a bus
56 ???
58 Cypress Street Boylston Street 1932; September 9, 1938
59 Chestnut Hill South Street started as a bus
60 Chestnut Hill Boylston Street 1932; September 9, 1938
61 Brighton Beacon Street
62 Boston College Commonwealth Avenue
64 Faneuil Street Union Square, Allston North Beach Street started as a bus 1922 (first bus route)
65 Brookline Walnut Street Downtown Washington Street and Tremont Street Metropolitan Railroad 1920s
66 Harvard Square-Dudley Street Line Allston Harvard Street and Tremont Street September 9, 1938

[edit] North of the Charles

Bus # Name Terminals Via Company Buses began Notes
63 Brighton Market Street and Western Avenue
67 Cottage Farm Bridge Line Harvard Square Kenmore Square Pearl Street and Cottage Farm Bridge Union Railway (via Pearl Street and Main Street to downtown) by 1924
69 Oak Square; Brighton (short turn) Oak Square Downtown Cambridge Street, River Street, and Main Street; later via Commonwealth Avenue (what continued via Cambridge?) Union Railway
70 Watertown Downtown Arsenal Street, Western Avenue, and Main Street June 16, 1950
71 Newton and Watertown Newton Downtown Mount Auburn Street, Massachusetts Avenue, and Main Street? Union Railway September 4, 1958
Mount Auburn Mount Auburn Downtown Brattle Street, Massachusetts Avenue, and Main Street Union Railway
72 Mount Auburn Huron Avenue and Concord Avenue April 1, 1938
73 Waverly Trapelo Road, Belmont Street, and Mount Auburn Street September 4, 1958
74 Belmont Center Concord Avenue, Grove Street, and Mount Auburn Street
75 Broadway Harvard Square Downtown Broadway Union Railway by 1925
76? Harvard Square; Central Square (short turn) Harvard Square Downtown Massachusetts Avenue and Main Street Union Railway September 18, 1949
Prospect Street Central Square Downtown Prospect Street and Cambridge Street Union Railway
77 Cambridge Street; Baldwin Street, Eighth Street (short turns) Harvard Square Downtown Cambridge Street Union Railway April 10, 1936
78 Park Circle Harvard Square Concord Turnpike started as a bus
79/82 Arlington; North Avenue (short turn) Arlington Downtown Massachusetts Avenue and Main Street Union Railway November 18, 1955; September 4, 1958
80 Arlington Medford Street, Boston Avenue, and Broadway July 8, 1932 part of 80, on Pearl Street, was a separate line (buses by 1924)
81 Arlington Clarendon Hill Broadway started as a bus by 1925
83 Porter Square Beacon Street and Hampshire Street
85 Spring Hill Summer Street and Webster Avenue
86 Union Square, Allston Union Square, Somerville Harvard Street, Kirkland Street, and Washington Street started as a bus by 1925
87 West Somerville; Spring Street (short turn) West Somerville (later Clarendon Hill) Downtown Somerville Avenue Union Railway November 7, 1941
88 Clarendon Hill Highland Avenue and Somerville Avenue November 7, 1941
89 Winter Hill Winter Hill (later Clarendon Hill) Downtown Broadway and Main Street Middlesex Railroad December 6, 1946
90 Davis Square Highland Avenue and Cross Street
91 Union Square Union Square Downtown Washington Street and Main Street Middlesex Railroad
92 Charlestown Neck East Somerville Downtown Main Street Middlesex Railroad April 2, 1948
93 Bunker Hill Charlestown Downtown Bunker Hill Street Middlesex Railroad July 1, 1949
94 Davis Square Sullivan Square Highland Avenue, Cedar Street, and Broadway started as a bus
95 West Medford Winter Hill High Street, Main Street, and Broadway 1930
96 Medford Square Cambridge Winthrop Street and College Avenue started as a bus by 1925
97 Medford Square Malden Salem Street and Pleasant Street
98 Fellsway Medford Square Riverside Avenue started as a bus by 1924
99 Upper Highland Malden Highland Avenue and Summer Street started as a bus
100 Stoneham Fellsway and Mystic Avenue December 16, 1955
101 Malden Pleasant Street, Salem Street, Main Street, and Broadway
102? 105? Malden Faulkner Main Street and Cross Street started as a bus by 1924
103 Malden Malden Downtown Main Street and Main Street Middlesex Railroad
104 Malden via Everett Square Malden Downtown Ferry Street? and Main Street Middlesex Railroad
106 Lebanon Street Lebanon Street, Salem Street, and Main Street
107 Broadway North Malden Broadway and Salem Street started as a bus by 1924
108 Linden Square Fellsway Salem Street and Highland Avenue started as a bus by 1924
109 Linden Square Eastern Avenue and Broadway
110 Everett Elm Street and Broadway
114? East Boston North Ferry Bellingham Square Meridian Street Metropolitan Railroad
116/117? Chelsea East Boston Central Avenue and Chelsea Street
120 Orient Heights Bennington Street
121 Lexington Street North Ferry East Boston Meridian Street and Lexington Street Metropolitan Railroad
122 Jeffries Point Sumner Street/Webster Street

Some Metropolitan Railroad pages are missing from the 1882 guide.