Mattapan High-Speed Line

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heritage streetcar line light rail line

The Mattapan High-Speed Line is a light rail transit line in Boston, Massachusetts, operating historic trolley cars between Ashmont and Mattapan stations as part of the MBTA system.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heritage streetcar line ⓘ light rail line ⓘ
connectsToBusNetworkAt	Ashmont station ⓘ Mattapan station ⓘ
connectsWith	Ashmont–Braintree branch of the Red Line ⓘ
electrification	overhead catenary ⓘ
fareSystem	MBTA subway fare system ⓘ
hasBridge	Cedar Grove Cemetery bridge ⓘ
hasColorAssociation	Red Line ⓘ
hasStop	Ashmont station ⓘ Butler station ⓘ Capen Street station ⓘ Cedar Grove station ⓘ Central Avenue station ⓘ Mattapan station ⓘ Milton station ⓘ Valley Road station ⓘ
isHeritageOperation	true ⓘ
isRailTransitComponentOf	MBTA rapid transit system NERFINISHED ⓘ
isSingleRoute	true ⓘ
lineLength	2.6 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
numberOfStations	8 ⓘ
openingDate	1929 ⓘ
operator	MBTA ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
owner	MBTA ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
partOf	MBTA Red Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
previousOperator	Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ Metropolitan Transit Authority ⓘ surface form: Metropolitan Transit Authority of Boston
primaryFunction	local passenger transit ⓘ
regionServed	Greater Boston ⓘ
rightOfWayType	mostly dedicated right-of-way ⓘ
rollingStockEra	1940s PCC cars ⓘ
servesNeighborhood	Dorchester ⓘ Mattapan ⓘ Milton ⓘ
serviceType	light rail ⓘ trolley ⓘ
terminus	Ashmont station ⓘ Mattapan station ⓘ
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
usesPowerSupply	600 V DC overhead ⓘ
usesRollingStock	PCC streetcar ⓘ surface form: PCC streetcars

Referenced by (3)

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

Ashmont → connectsTo → Mattapan High-Speed Line ⓘ

Ashmont branch → connectsTo → Mattapan High-Speed Line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line

Mattapan Trolley → hasRouteNumber → Mattapan High-Speed Line ⓘ