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Atlantic Avenue Elevated

Atlantic Avenue Elevated
The Atlantic Avenue Elevated outside South Station
Overview
Termini
Stations6
Service
SystemBoston Elevated Railway
History
Opened22 August 1901[1]
Closed30 September 1938[1]
Technical
Number of tracks2
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

to
Tremont Street Subway (1901-1908)
Washington Street Subway (1908-1938)
North Station Boston and Maine Railroad Boston Elevated Railway
Tower C
Battery Street
State Street Subway interchange
Rowes Wharf
ferry/water interchange BRB&L ferry
South Station South Station Subway interchange Boston Elevated Railway
Beach Street
closed 1919
to Washington Street Subway
1908-1938
1901-1908
Tower D
1901-1987

The Atlantic Avenue Elevated was an elevated railway around the east side of Downtown Boston, Massachusetts, providing a second route for the Boston Elevated Railway's Main Line Elevated (now the MBTA's Orange Line) around the Washington Street tunnel. It was in use from 1901 to 1938, when it was closed due to low ridership, later being demolished.[2]

  1. ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan (27 June 2015). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2015" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  2. ^ "MBTA Orange Line". NYCSubway.org.[unreliable source?]