North Cambridge Carhouse

Trolleybuses in North Cambridge yard in 1967

North Cambridge Carhouse is a bus garage for trolleybuses, and a former streetcar carhouse, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is owned and operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). It was first built in 1874. The current structure dates from 1979. It is located in the North Cambridge neighborhood and is one of two MBTA garages used in operation of the Boston-area trolleybus system.

History

The carhouse and yard date to the 1874 construction of a brick building with a clock tower that was constructed by the Union Railway. It remained in use until 1889 when the replacement of horsecars by electric streetcars made the structure obsolete. In 1897, the West End Street Railway constructed a larger structure, which existed for the next forty years until it was demolished in 1937. In 1979, the present structure was constructed to house the trolley buses which became active on the line in 1958.[1]

Today, the carhouse is also the northern terminus of route 77A, which operates as a short turn of the 77 to supply trolleybuses for the 71, 72, and 73 routes.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Streetcar Barns" (PDF). City of Cambridge. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Belcher, Jonathan (26 December 2015). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2015" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

Coordinates: 42°23′50″N 71°7′44″W / 42.39722°N 71.12889°W / 42.39722; -71.12889

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