Main Line Elevated

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Main Line Elevated was Boston’s original elevated rapid transit line that formed the core of what is now the MBTA Orange Line.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railway line ⓘ
elevated rapid transit line ⓘ
former MBTA Orange Line alignment ⓘ
closed 1987 ⓘ
colorDesignation Orange Line (after MBTA color-coding) ⓘ
connectedTo Atlantic Avenue Elevated ⓘ
Washington Street Elevated ⓘ
constructionType steel elevated structure ⓘ
electrification third rail ⓘ
fareCollection turnstiles ⓘ
formsCoreOf MBTA Orange Line ⓘ
historicalRole backbone of Boston Elevated Railway rapid transit network ⓘ
first trunk rapid transit line in Boston ⓘ
legacy formed core alignment for MBTA Orange Line until 1987 ⓘ
locatedIn Boston ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
United States ⓘ
opened 1901 ⓘ
openedSection Sullivan Square to Dudley Street ⓘ
operatedBy Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ⓘ
linked to: MBTA

Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston) ⓘ
ownedBy Boston Elevated Railway (historically) ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (final period) ⓘ
linked to: MBTA

Metropolitan Transit Authority (later period) ⓘ
partOf Boston Elevated Railway system ⓘ
Boston rapid transit system ⓘ
predecessorOf MBTA Orange Line ⓘ
replacedBy Southwest Corridor alignment of the Orange Line ⓘ
relocated MBTA Orange Line ⓘ
rightOfWayType elevated ⓘ
servedNeighborhood Charlestown ⓘ
Downtown Boston ⓘ
Roxbury ⓘ
servedStation Dudley Street Terminal ⓘ
Essex (later Chinatown) ⓘ
linked to: Chinatown (Boston)

Haymarket ⓘ
Milk Street (later part of State complex) ⓘ
North Station ⓘ
Scollay Square ⓘ
State ⓘ
Sullivan Square ⓘ
serviceType rapid transit ⓘ
successorAlignment Southwest Corridor ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ
usesRollingStockType heavy-rail rapid transit cars ⓘ

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

Sullivan Square station → formerService → Main Line Elevated ⓘ
Boston Elevated Railway → operatedLine → Main Line Elevated ⓘ
Washington Street Elevated → openedAsPartOf → Main Line Elevated ⓘ
Washington Street Elevated → lineDesignation → Main Line Elevated (pre-color coding) ⓘ
linked to: Main Line Elevated
Devonshire station → line → Main Line Elevated ⓘ
Atlantic Avenue Elevated → connectedTo → Main Line Elevated ⓘ