Boston Elevated Railway

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defunct company public transit company street railway company

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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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Boston Elevated Railway canonical 20
Boston Elevated Railway system 3
Boston elevated railway network 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company ⓘ
public transit company ⓘ
street railway company ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
fareSystem urban transit fares in Boston region ⓘ
headquartersLocation Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Brookline, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
Chelsea, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dedham, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Everett, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
surface form: Everett, Massachusetts

Malden, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Medford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Milton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Needham ⓘ
surface form: Needham, Massachusetts

Newton, Massachusetts ⓘ
Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ
Revere, Massachusetts ⓘ
Somerville, Massachusetts ⓘ
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, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
servedRegion Greater Boston ⓘ
successor MBTA ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Metropolitan Transit Authority ⓘ
successorSystem MBTA ⓘ
surface form: MBTA "T" system
transportMode elevated railway ⓘ
light rail precursor ⓘ
streetcar ⓘ
trolley ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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the T → precededBy → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
Metropolitan Transit Authority → precededBy → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
subject surface form: Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston)
Metropolitan Transit Authority → replacedOrganization → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
subject surface form: Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston)
MBTA Orange Line → previousAlignment → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Street Elevated
Sullivan Square station → formerService → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
Columbia Junction → locatedInRailNetwork → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston elevated and rapid transit system
PCC streetcar → majorOperator → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
Mattapan High-Speed Line → previousOperator → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
Symphony station → formerOperator → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
Harvard (MBTA station) → formerService → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
C Branch → openedAsPartOf → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Elevated Railway streetcar network
Tremont Street subway → originalOperator → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
MBTA Green Line B branch → formerOperator → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
MBTA Green Line C branch → historicalPredecessor → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Elevated Railway streetcar line
MBTA bus route 71 → historicalOperator → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
Main Line Elevated → operatedBy → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
Main Line Elevated → partOf → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Elevated Railway system
Main Line Elevated → ownedBy → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Elevated Railway (historically)
Broadway station (MBTA) → formerOperator → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
Boylston → hasFormerService → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
Watertown branch of the Green Line A → formerOperator → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
Milk Street (elevated station) → transportSystem → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston elevated railway network
PCC → notableOperator → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
subject surface form: PCC streetcar
Washington Street Elevated → partOf → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Elevated Railway system
Washington Street Elevated → formerOwner → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
Devonshire station → formerOperator → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
Atlantic Avenue Elevated → partOf → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Elevated Railway system
Atlantic Avenue Elevated → owner → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
Atlantic Avenue Elevated → operator → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
Atlantic Avenue Elevated → connectedTo → Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston elevated railway network