Needham Line

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MBTA Commuter Rail line commuter rail line

The Needham Line is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail route serving Boston and its southwestern suburbs, terminating in the town of Needham.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Needham Line canonical	11

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	MBTA Commuter Rail line ⓘ commuter rail line ⓘ
commuterRailNetwork	Greater Boston ⓘ surface form: Boston metropolitan area
connectsTo	MBTA Orange Line via Ruggles and Back Bay (by shared corridor, not direct platform transfer) ⓘ MBTA Red Line at South Station ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
electrification	none ⓘ
fareSystem	MBTA Commuter Rail zone-based fares ⓘ
hasStation	Back Bay ⓘ Bellevue ⓘ Forest Hills ⓘ Hersey ⓘ Highland ⓘ Needham Center ⓘ Needham ⓘ surface form: Needham Heights Needham Junction ⓘ Roslindale ⓘ surface form: Roslindale Village Ruggles ⓘ South Station ⓘ West Roxbury ⓘ
hasWeekendService	yes ⓘ
lineColorInformal	purple (MBTA Commuter Rail color) ⓘ
lineNumber	Needham Line self-link ⓘ
locale	Massachusetts ⓘ
openingPeriod	late 19th century (as predecessor railroad service) ⓘ
operator	MBTA Commuter Rail network ⓘ surface form: MBTA Commuter Rail MBTA ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
owner	MBTA ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
primaryTerminalBoston	South Station ⓘ
primaryUse	weekday commuter service ⓘ
propulsion	diesel ⓘ
region	Greater Boston ⓘ
reopenedAsMBTAService	1970s ⓘ
safetySystem	Positive Train Control ⓘ surface form: Positive Train Control (PTC)
servesCity	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
servesSuburb	Brookline, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Needham ⓘ surface form: Needham, Massachusetts Newton, Massachusetts ⓘ
serviceType	commuter rail ⓘ
state	Massachusetts ⓘ
system	MBTA Commuter Rail network ⓘ surface form: MBTA Commuter Rail
terminus	Needham Heights station ⓘ South Station ⓘ
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
usesRollingStock	diesel locomotive-hauled coaches ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MBTA Commuter Rail network → hasLine → Needham Line ⓘ

Ruggles station → servesLine → Needham Line ⓘ

Forest Hills station → servesLine → Needham Line ⓘ

Forest Hills station → terminusOf → Needham Line ⓘ

MBTA Commuter Rail coaches → operatedOn → Needham Line ⓘ

MBTA diesel locomotives → usedOnLine → Needham Line ⓘ

Needham Line → lineNumber → Needham Line self-link ⓘ

Needham Junction → railLine → Needham Line ⓘ

Franklin Line → connectsWith → Needham Line ⓘ

Roslindale Village commuter rail station → servedByLine → Needham Line ⓘ

F40PH-2D (rebuilt variants, historically) → operatedOn → Needham Line ⓘ