Main Line Elevated

E186607

defunct railway line elevated rapid transit line former MBTA Orange Line alignment

Main Line Elevated was Boston’s original elevated rapid transit line that formed the core of what is now the MBTA Orange Line.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Main Line Elevated canonical	5
Main Line Elevated (pre-color coding)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct railway line ⓘ elevated rapid transit line ⓘ former MBTA Orange Line alignment ⓘ
closed	1987 ⓘ
colorDesignation	Orange Line is colored orange ⓘ surface form: Orange Line (after MBTA color-coding)
connectedTo	Atlantic Avenue Elevated ⓘ Washington Street Elevated ⓘ
constructionType	steel elevated structure ⓘ
electrification	third rail ⓘ
fareCollection	turnstiles ⓘ
formsCoreOf	MBTA Orange Line ⓘ
historicalRole	backbone of Boston Elevated Railway rapid transit network ⓘ first trunk rapid transit line in Boston ⓘ
legacy	formed core alignment for MBTA Orange Line until 1987 ⓘ
locatedIn	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
opened	1901 ⓘ
openedSection	Sullivan Square to Dudley Street ⓘ
operatedBy	Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ MBTA ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Metropolitan Transit Authority ⓘ surface form: Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston)
ownedBy	Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ surface form: Boston Elevated Railway (historically) MBTA ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (final period) Metropolitan Transit Authority ⓘ surface form: Metropolitan Transit Authority (later period)
partOf	Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ surface form: Boston Elevated Railway system Boston rapid transit system ⓘ
predecessorOf	MBTA Orange Line ⓘ
replacedBy	Southwest Corridor alignment of the Orange Line ⓘ relocated MBTA Orange Line ⓘ
rightOfWayType	elevated ⓘ
servedNeighborhood	Charlestown ⓘ Downtown Boston ⓘ Roxbury ⓘ
servedStation	Dudley Street Terminal ⓘ Chinatown (Boston) ⓘ surface form: Essex (later Chinatown) Haymarket ⓘ Milk Street (later part of State complex) ⓘ North Station ⓘ Scollay Square (historic site) ⓘ surface form: Scollay Square State ⓘ Sullivan Square ⓘ
serviceType	rapid transit ⓘ
successorAlignment	Southwest Corridor ⓘ
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
usesRollingStockType	heavy-rail rapid transit cars ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Sullivan Square station → formerService → Main Line Elevated ⓘ

Boston Elevated Railway → operatedLine → Main Line Elevated ⓘ

Washington Street Elevated → openedAsPartOf → Main Line Elevated ⓘ

Washington Street Elevated → lineDesignation → Main Line Elevated ⓘ

this entity surface form: Main Line Elevated (pre-color coding)

Devonshire station → line → Main Line Elevated ⓘ

Atlantic Avenue Elevated → connectedTo → Main Line Elevated ⓘ