Boston Elevated Railway

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The Boston Elevated Railway was a former public transit company that operated Boston’s early elevated and streetcar lines before being succeeded by the modern MBTA system known as “the T.”


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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company
public transit company
street railway company
country United States
fareSystem urban transit fares in Boston region
headquartersLocation Boston
industry public transportation
influenced design of later MBTA rapid transit lines
notableFor development of Boston elevated rapid transit
extensive streetcar network in Greater Boston
operation of early Boston subway lines
operatedDuringCentury 19th century
20th century
operatedInCity Arlington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Belmont, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Brookline, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Chelsea, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Dedham, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Everett, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Malden, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Medford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Milton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Needham, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Newton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Quincy, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Revere, Massachusetts
Somerville, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Watertown, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
operatedInState Massachusetts
operatedLine Atlantic Avenue Elevated
Cambridge subway
East Boston Tunnel
Main Line Elevated
operatedService elevated rapid transit
subway service
surface streetcar network
tunnel service
replacedBy bus and trackless trolley services in many corridors
servedCity Boston
servedRegion Greater Boston
successor Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Metropolitan Transit Authority
successorSystem MBTA "T" system NERFINISHED
transportMode elevated railway
light rail precursor
streetcar
trolley


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