Saturday marked the 115th anniversary of the Boston trolley subway-surface system that developed into today's Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority [MBTA] Green Line light rail. Here's a map:
http://tinyurl.com/9a47g47
And a photo:
http://tinyurl.com/7h7hs6q
The Boston Globe commemorated the event with a gallery of graphics and vintage photos. The Green Line system is due for expansion with a new route west of Lechmere, shown on this map:
http://www.somervillestep.org/...reenLineMap_0209.gif
The original system contracted only slightly with the 1962 termination of a double-ended PCC shuttle (Boylston-Pleasant St.) that linked the portal to south side lines with the main subway route:
http://tinyurl.com/962onts
"Recent changes, history of MBTA's Green Line
The Boston Globe
(graphic - photo gallery - 25 images)
(article)
Boston's first subway had its inaugural run Sept. 1, 1897, which means MBTA's Green Line is 115 years old.
The oldest subway in the country is also the busiest street car line in the country, carrying 232,000 people daily. The squealing train wheels, the street-level boarding, competition with cars in the street, and limited runs that sums up the Green Line today can be traced back to its early development more than a hundred years ago.
Thanks to Edward B. Havens for the article.
