Tremont Street subway

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The Tremont Street subway is the historic underground streetcar tunnel in downtown Boston that forms part of the MBTA Green Line and is recognized as the oldest subway tunnel in North America.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic place ⓘ
subway tunnel ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ
underground streetcar tunnel ⓘ
city Boston ⓘ
connects Boylston station ⓘ
Government Center area ⓘ
Park Street station ⓘ
constructionMethod cut-and-cover ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1894 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentUse light rail tunnel ⓘ
designedFor streetcars ⓘ
electrification overhead catenary ⓘ
followsStreet Tremont Street ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
hasStation Boylston station ⓘ
Government Center station ⓘ
Haymarket station ⓘ
linked to: Haymarket Station

North Station ⓘ
Park Street station ⓘ
historicDistrict Downtown Boston ⓘ
isPartOf Boston subway ⓘ
MBTA rapid transit system ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
laterAdaptedFor light rail vehicles ⓘ
lineDesignation Green Line trunk ⓘ
locatedIn Boston ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
United States ⓘ
namedAfter Tremont Street ⓘ
NRHPType historic district contributing structure ⓘ
openingDate 1897-09-01 ⓘ
operatedBy Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ⓘ
linked to: MBTA
originalOperator Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
originalUse streetcar tunnel ⓘ
ownedBy Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ⓘ
linked to: MBTA
partOf MBTA Green Line ⓘ
precededBy surface streetcar lines on Tremont Street ⓘ
purpose to relieve surface streetcar congestion in downtown Boston ⓘ
recognizedAs first subway in the United States ⓘ
oldest subway tunnel in North America ⓘ
regionServed Greater Boston ⓘ
serves Green Line ⓘ
significance pioneering urban mass transit infrastructure in the United States ⓘ
system MBTA Green Line ⓘ
transportMode light rail ⓘ

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

Park Street → partOf → Tremont Street subway ⓘ
Boylston station → partOfTunnel → Tremont Street subway ⓘ
Boston subway → openedFirstSection → Tremont Street Subway ⓘ
linked to: Tremont Street subway
Park Street Under → partOf → Tremont Street Subway ⓘ
linked to: Tremont Street subway
MBTA Green Line tunnels → includesSection → Tremont Street subway ⓘ
MBTA Green Line tunnels → includesSection → Boylston Street subway ⓘ
linked to: Tremont Street subway
Park Street station → isOn → Tremont Street Subway ⓘ
subject linked to: Park Street MBTA station
linked to: Tremont Street subway
Devonshire station → partOf → Tremont Street Subway extension ⓘ
linked to: Tremont Street subway
Green Line (MBTA) → hasSubwaySection → Tremont Street subway ⓘ
Green Line (MBTA) → hasCentralSubway → Tremont Street subway ⓘ
subject linked to: Green Line is colored green
Green Line central subway → hasHistoricalPrecursor → Tremont Street subway ⓘ
MBTA Green Line at Park Street station → partOf → Tremont Street Subway ⓘ
linked to: Tremont Street subway
MBTA Green Line at Park Street station → openedAsPartOf → Tremont Street Subway ⓘ
linked to: Tremont Street subway