Atlantic Avenue Elevated

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Atlantic Avenue Elevated was an early 20th-century elevated railway line in Boston that ran along the city’s waterfront, providing rapid transit service before its closure and demolition.

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Atlantic Avenue Elevated canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf elevated railway line
former rapid transit line
category Defunct railroads in Massachusetts
Defunct rapid transit lines in the United States
Elevated railways in Massachusetts
Rail infrastructure in Boston
cityServed Boston
closureDate early 20th century
connectedTo Boston Elevated Railway
surface form: Boston elevated railway network

Main Line Elevated
constructionMaterial steel elevated structure
country United States of America
surface form: United States
demolitionDate 20th century
electrification third rail electric
heritage part of early Boston rapid transit history
historicalEra early 20th century
infrastructureType urban rail transit
lineCharacter urban elevated
locatedIn Massachusetts
location Boston
openingDate 1901
operator Boston Elevated Railway
owner Boston Elevated Railway
partOf Boston Elevated Railway
surface form: Boston Elevated Railway system
primaryMode electric railway
publicTransport yes
railGauge standard gauge
ranAlong Atlantic Avenue (Boston)
surface form: Atlantic Avenue, Boston
reasonForClosure changes in Boston transit patterns
declining ridership
replacedBy other Boston surface and subway routes
servedArea Waterfront (Boston)
surface form: Boston Harbor waterfront

Boston waterfront
servedFunction connector between downtown Boston terminals
waterfront transit corridor
servedTransportMode passenger rail
startOfService 1901
status closed
demolished
trackType elevated
transitType rapid transit

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Boston Elevated Railway operatedLine Atlantic Avenue Elevated
Main Line Elevated connectedTo Atlantic Avenue Elevated
Atlantic Avenue formerStructure Atlantic Avenue Elevated
subject surface form: Atlantic Avenue (Boston)