Tremont Street subway

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The Tremont Street subway is the historic underground streetcar tunnel in downtown Boston that forms part of the MBTA Green Line and is recognized as the oldest subway tunnel in North America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic place
subway tunnel
transport infrastructure
underground streetcar tunnel
city Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
connects Boylston station
Government Center area
Park Street station
constructionMethod cut-and-cover
constructionStartDate 1894
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currentUse light rail tunnel
designedFor streetcars
electrification overhead catenary
followsStreet Tremont Street NERFINISHED
gauge standard gauge
hasHeritageStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places
hasStation Boylston station
Government Center station
Haymarket Station
surface form: Haymarket station

North Station
Park Street station
historicDistrict Downtown Boston
isPartOf Boston subway
MBTA rapid transit system
languageOfName English
laterAdaptedFor light rail vehicles
lineDesignation Green Line trunk subway
surface form: Green Line trunk
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts
United States of America
surface form: United States
namedAfter Tremont Street NERFINISHED
NRHPType historic district contributing structure
openingDate 1897-09-01
operatedBy MBTA
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
originalOperator Boston Elevated Railway
originalUse streetcar tunnel
ownedBy MBTA
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
partOf MBTA Green Line
precededBy surface streetcar lines on Tremont Street
purpose to relieve surface streetcar congestion in downtown Boston
recognizedAs first subway in the United States
oldest subway tunnel in North America
regionServed Greater Boston
serves Green Line
significance pioneering urban mass transit infrastructure in the United States
system MBTA Green Line
transportMode light rail

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Park Street partOf Tremont Street subway
Boylston station partOfTunnel Tremont Street subway
Boston subway openedFirstSection Tremont Street subway
this entity surface form: Tremont Street Subway
Park Street Under partOf Tremont Street subway
this entity surface form: Tremont Street Subway
MBTA Green Line tunnels includesSection Tremont Street subway
MBTA Green Line tunnels includesSection Tremont Street subway
this entity surface form: Boylston Street subway
Park Street MBTA station isOn Tremont Street subway
subject surface form: Park Street station
this entity surface form: Tremont Street Subway
Devonshire station partOf Tremont Street subway
this entity surface form: Tremont Street Subway extension
Green Line (MBTA) hasSubwaySection Tremont Street subway