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Charlestown Elevated

Charlestown Elevated
An Orange Line train on the Charlestown Bridge in 1967
Overview
Termini
Stations5
Service
SystemBERy Main Line / MBTA Orange Line
History
OpenedJune 10, 1901[1]
ClosedApril 4, 1975[1]
Technical
Number of tracks2
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Route map

Everett
Sullivan Square
Thompson Square
City Square
North Station
Tremont Street subway
(1901–1908)
Washington Street subway
(1908–1975)

The Charlestown Elevated was a segment of the MBTA Orange Line rapid transit line that ran from the Canal Street Incline in downtown Boston, Massachusetts through Charlestown to a terminal in Everett, Massachusetts. It opened in June 1901 and was replaced by the Haymarket North Extension in April 1975.

  1. ^ a b Belcher, Jonathan (27 June 2015). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2015" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 27 November 2015.

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