Southwest Corridor alignment of the Orange Line

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rapid transit alignment transportation corridor

The Southwest Corridor alignment of the Orange Line is a modern, partially below-grade and surface transit route in Boston that replaced the former elevated Main Line structure, integrating rapid transit with a landscaped transportation corridor.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Southwest Corridor alignment of the Orange Line canonical 1
Southwest Corridor section of the Orange Line 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rapid transit alignment ⓘ
transportation corridor ⓘ
character partially below-grade ⓘ
surface alignment ⓘ
cityServed Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsNeighborhood Back Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Forest Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jamaica Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roxbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
South End NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsStation Back Bay station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Forest Hills station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Green Street station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jackson Square station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Massachusetts Avenue station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ruggles station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stony Brook station NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionCompleted late 1980s ⓘ
electrification third rail 600 V DC ⓘ
followsCorridorOf Interstate 93 (planned alignment, cancelled) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southwest Corridor (Boston) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasNumberOfTracks 2 ⓘ
hasStructureType cut-and-cover trench ⓘ
open cut ⓘ
surface right-of-way ⓘ
includesFacility bikeway ⓘ
parkland ⓘ
pedestrian paths ⓘ
integratedWith Southwest Corridor Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
landscaped transportation corridor ⓘ
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
openedAsAlignmentFor MBTA Orange Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
openingDate 1987 ⓘ
operator MBTA ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
owner MBTA ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
parallelTo MBTA Commuter Rail Franklin Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
MBTA Commuter Rail Needham Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
MBTA Commuter Rail Providence/Stoughton Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf MBTA Orange Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfNetwork MBTA subway system NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose integrate transit with open space ⓘ
replace elevated rapid transit structure ⓘ
replaced Main Line Elevated structure ⓘ
Washington Street Elevated NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedServiceOn Washington Street corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ
uses rail rapid transit ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Main Line Elevated → replacedBy → Southwest Corridor alignment of the Orange Line ⓘ
Washington Street Elevated → replacedBy → Southwest Corridor alignment of the Orange Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Corridor section of the Orange Line