Fairmount Line

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The Fairmount Line is a commuter rail service in the Boston area that connects South Station with neighborhoods in Dorchester, Mattapan, and Hyde Park.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf MBTA Commuter Rail line
commuter rail line
commuterRailZone Zone 1
Zone 1A
connectsNeighborhood Dorchester
Hyde Park
Mattapan
connectsStation Fairmount
Four Corners/Geneva
Morton Street NERFINISHED
Newmarket
Readville
South Station
Talbot Avenue
Uphams Corner
country United States of America
surface form: United States
electrification none
farePolicy subway-equivalent fares within Boston
hasImprovementProgram Fairmount Line Improvement Project
hasStationAddedByImprovementProject Blue Hill Avenue
Four Corners/Geneva
Newmarket
Talbot Avenue
historicalRouteUsed former New York and New England Railroad main line
former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad line
lineLength approximately 9 miles
locale Dorchester
Hyde Park
Massachusetts
Mattapan
numberOfTracks 2
openedForPassengerService 1979
operator MBTA
MBTA
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
originalPurpose temporary shuttle during Southwest Corridor construction
owner MBTA
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
partOf Fairmount Corridor
permanentServiceBegan 1987
primaryFunction connect South Station with Dorchester, Mattapan, and Hyde Park neighborhoods
propulsion diesel
servesCity Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
servicePattern all-stops local
serviceType commuter rail
system MBTA Commuter Rail network
surface form: MBTA Commuter Rail
terminus Readville
South Station
trackGauge standard gauge
usesRollingStock diesel multiple unit
locomotive-hauled coaches

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MBTA Commuter Rail network hasLine Fairmount Line
MBTA diesel locomotives usedOnLine Fairmount Line
Franklin Line connectsWith Fairmount Line
Uphams Corner servedBy Fairmount Line
Dorchester neighborhood of Boston servedBy Fairmount Line
this entity surface form: Fairmount Line commuter rail
Fairmount hasTransportation Fairmount Line
Fairmount station servedByLine Fairmount Line
Fairmount station servesCorridor Fairmount Line
this entity surface form: Fairmount Line corridor
Readville station servedByLine Fairmount Line
Readville yard locatedOnLine Fairmount Line
subject surface form: Readville Yard