Talk:Boston Elevated Railway/List of lines

Intra-downtown

Bus #	Name	Terminals		Via	Company	Buses began	Notes
		Downtown	Chelsea Ferry	Hanover Street	Metropolitan Railroad
	Atlantic Avenue	Rowe's Wharf	North Station	through downtown (not along Atlantic Avenue)	Metropolitan Railroad
	Atlantic Avenue Transfer	Downtown	Rowe's Wharf	downtown streets	Metropolitan Railroad
	Norfolk House and Northern Depots	in downtown			Metropolitan Railroad
	Depot	connects railroad depots			South Boston Railway
	Beacon Street	West Chester Park	Downtown	Marlborough Street, Clarendon Street, and Boylston Street	Metropolitan Railroad

5A, 52, 53, 54, 55, 68

South of the Charles

Bus #	Name	Terminals		Via	Company	Buses began	Notes
5/6		South Boston	Downtown	Summer Street	started as a bus	1938
7		City Point	Downtown	Summer Street		June 19, 1953
8	???
9	City Point; Dorchester Street, Mount Washington, Office (short turns)	City Point	Downtown	Fourth Street, Broadway, and Federal Street	South Boston Railway	March 1, 1953
9	Dover Street	City Point	Downtown	Fourth Street, Broadway, Berkeley Street, and Columbus Avenue	South Boston Railway	March 1, 1953
10		City Point		Fourth Street, Broadway, Dorchester Street, and Southampton Street		December 4, 1953
11	City Point via Bay View	City Point	Downtown	Eighth Street and Federal Street	South Boston Railway	January 18, 1929
12/18?	Milton Lower Mills; Field's Corner (short turn)	Milton Lower Mills	Downtown	Dorchester Avenue and Federal Street	Metropolitan Railroad	1930
	Central Avenue Line	Milton line
13		Savin Hill		Massachusetts Avenue
14		Freeport Street	Savin Hill	Freeport Street	started as a bus
15?	Dorchester Avenue via Mount Pleasant	Park Street	Downtown	Dudley Street and Washington Street	Metropolitan Railroad	December 24, 1948
16		Franklin Park		Columbia Road		December 9, 1949
17?/25?	Meeting House Hill; Upham's Corner (short turn)	Meeting House Hill	Downtown	Bowdoin Street, Dudley Street, and Washington Street	Metropolitan Railroad	1928; February 11, 1949
	Warren Street	Bower Street	Downtown	Warren Street and Washington Street	Metropolitan Railroad
	Grove Hall; Warren Street (short turn)	Grove Hall	Downtown	Warren Street and Shawmut Avenue	Highland Street Railway
19		Field's Corner		Geneva Avenue		January 7, 1949
20		Neponset		Neponset Avenue		June 18, 1948
21		Field's Corner	Granite Avenue	Adams Street	started as a bus	by 1925
22	Talbot Avenue Line	Ashmont	Downtown	Talbot Avenue, Blue Hill Avenue, Seaver Street, Columbus Avenue, Tremont Avenue?, Massachusetts Avenue, and Huntington Avenue		January 7, 1949
23	Grove Hall	Dorchester	Downtown	Washington Street, Warren Street, and Washington Street	Metropolitan Railroad	January 7, 1949
24		Hallet Square	Ashmont		started as a bus
26		Dorchester		Norfolk Street and Washington Street		1928-29
27		Mattapan		River Street		1933?
28		Ashmont	Mattapan	Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line
29		Mattapan		Blue Hill Avenue and Seaver Street		September 9, 1955
30		Mattapan		Cummins Highway		April 24, 1953
31	East River Street Line	Readville	Mattapan	Hyde Park Avenue and River Street		by 1924
32	Hyde Park Avenue Line	Cleary Square	Forest Hills	Hyde Park Avenue		April 24, 1953
	Grove Street Line	Dedham line		Grove Street and Washington Street
33	???
34	Washington Street Line	Dedham line		Washington Street		November 21, 1952
35		Washington Street		Grove Street and Centre Street	started as a bus	by 1925
36	Charles River Line	Charles River	Forest Hills	Spring Street, Belgrade Avenue, and Washington Street		September 28, 1951
37	???
38		West Roxbury		Centre Street	started as a bus	by 1924
39/57	South Huntington Avenue Line	Arborway		South Street, Centre Street, South Huntington Avenue, and Huntington Avenue
40/42/49	Forest Hills; Egleston Square, Washington Street, West End (short turns)	Forest Hills	Downtown	Washington Street	Metropolitan Railroad	?; September 16, 1949; December 16, 1955
	Dudley Street	Dudley Square	Downtown	Shawmut Avenue	Highland Street Railway
	Northampton Street	Northampton Street	Downtown	Columbus Avenue	Highland Street Railway
41	Dudley Street Line	Jamaica Plain	Dudley Square (earlier downtown)	Centre Street and Roxbury Street	Metropolitan Railroad	June 7, 1949
43	Tremont Street Line	Eglestown Square (earlier Roxbury Crossing, then Jamaica Plain)	Downtown	Centre Street, Columbus Avenue, and Tremont Street	Metropolitan Railroad	June 14, 1956; November 17, 1961
	Hyde Square Line	Forest Hills (later Hyde Square)	Downtown	South Street, Centre Street, Columbus Avenue, Tremont Street?, Massachusetts Avenue, and Huntington Avenue			merged into Talbot Avenue Line ca. 1916
44		Seaver Street		Humboldt Avenue and Warren Street		January 28, 1949
45	Oakland Garden; Mount Pleasant (short turn)	Oakland Garden	Downtown	Blue Hill Avenue, Dudley Street, and Shawmut Avenue	Highland Street Railway	December 24, 1948
46		Heath Street	Dudley Square	Heath Street and Centre Street	started as a bus	1938
47	Beacon Street Transfer	Washington Street	West Chester Park	Northampton Street and Columbus Avenue	Metropolitan Railroad	September 12, 1953
48		Dudley Square	Downtown	Washington Street?, Dover Street?, and subway		March 4, 1938
50		Cleary Square	Forest Hills	West Street, Poplar Street, Metropolitan Avenue, and Washington Street	started as a bus
51		Cleveland Circle	Forest Hills	Chestnut Hill Avenue	started as a bus
56	???
58		Cypress Street		Boylston Street		1932; September 9, 1938
59		Chestnut Hill	South Street		started as a bus
60		Chestnut Hill		Boylston Street		1932; September 9, 1938
61		Brighton		Beacon Street
62		Boston College		Commonwealth Avenue
64		Faneuil Street	Union Square, Allston	North Beach Street	started as a bus	1922 (first bus route)
65	Brookline	Walnut Street	Downtown	Washington Street and Tremont Street	Metropolitan Railroad	1920s
66	Harvard Square-Dudley Street Line	Allston		Harvard Street and Tremont Street		September 9, 1938

North of the Charles

Bus #	Name	Terminals		Via	Company	Buses began	Notes
63		Brighton		Market Street and Western Avenue
67	Cottage Farm Bridge Line	Harvard Square	Kenmore Square	Pearl Street and Cottage Farm Bridge	Union Railway (via Pearl Street and Main Street to downtown)	by 1924
69	Oak Square; Brighton (short turn)	Oak Square	Downtown	Cambridge Street, River Street, and Main Street; later via Commonwealth Avenue (what continued via Cambridge?)	Union Railway
70		Watertown	Downtown	Arsenal Street, Western Avenue, and Main Street		June 16, 1950
71	Newton and Watertown	Newton	Downtown	Mount Auburn Street, Massachusetts Avenue, and Main Street?	Union Railway	September 4, 1958
	Mount Auburn	Mount Auburn	Downtown	Brattle Street, Massachusetts Avenue, and Main Street	Union Railway
72		Mount Auburn		Huron Avenue and Concord Avenue		April 1, 1938
73		Waverly		Trapelo Road, Belmont Street, and Mount Auburn Street		September 4, 1958
74		Belmont Center		Concord Avenue, Grove Street, and Mount Auburn Street
75	Broadway	Harvard Square	Downtown	Broadway	Union Railway	by 1925
76?	Harvard Square; Central Square (short turn)	Harvard Square	Downtown	Massachusetts Avenue and Main Street	Union Railway	September 18, 1949
	Prospect Street	Central Square	Downtown	Prospect Street and Cambridge Street	Union Railway
77	Cambridge Street; Baldwin Street, Eighth Street (short turns)	Harvard Square	Downtown	Cambridge Street	Union Railway	April 10, 1936
78		Park Circle	Harvard Square	Concord Turnpike	started as a bus
79/82	Arlington; North Avenue (short turn)	Arlington	Downtown	Massachusetts Avenue and Main Street	Union Railway	November 18, 1955; September 4, 1958
80		Arlington		Medford Street, Boston Avenue, and Broadway		July 8, 1932	part of 80, on Pearl Street, was a separate line (buses by 1924)
81		Arlington	Clarendon Hill	Broadway	started as a bus	by 1925
83		Porter Square		Beacon Street and Hampshire Street
85		Spring Hill		Summer Street and Webster Avenue
86		Union Square, Allston	Union Square, Somerville	Harvard Street, Kirkland Street, and Washington Street	started as a bus	by 1925
87	West Somerville; Spring Street (short turn)	West Somerville (later Clarendon Hill)	Downtown	Somerville Avenue	Union Railway	November 7, 1941
88		Clarendon Hill		Highland Avenue and Somerville Avenue		November 7, 1941
89	Winter Hill	Winter Hill (later Clarendon Hill)	Downtown	Broadway and Main Street	Middlesex Railroad	December 6, 1946
90		Davis Square		Highland Avenue and Cross Street
91	Union Square	Union Square	Downtown	Washington Street and Main Street	Middlesex Railroad
92	Charlestown Neck	East Somerville	Downtown	Main Street	Middlesex Railroad	April 2, 1948
93	Bunker Hill	Charlestown	Downtown	Bunker Hill Street	Middlesex Railroad	July 1, 1949
94		Davis Square	Sullivan Square	Highland Avenue, Cedar Street, and Broadway	started as a bus
95		West Medford	Winter Hill	High Street, Main Street, and Broadway		1930
96		Medford Square	Cambridge	Winthrop Street and College Avenue	started as a bus	by 1925
97		Medford Square	Malden	Salem Street and Pleasant Street
98		Fellsway	Medford Square	Riverside Avenue	started as a bus	by 1924
99		Upper Highland	Malden	Highland Avenue and Summer Street	started as a bus
100		Stoneham		Fellsway and Mystic Avenue		December 16, 1955
101		Malden		Pleasant Street, Salem Street, Main Street, and Broadway
102? 105?		Malden	Faulkner	Main Street and Cross Street	started as a bus	by 1924
103	Malden	Malden	Downtown	Main Street and Main Street	Middlesex Railroad
104	Malden via Everett Square	Malden	Downtown	Ferry Street? and Main Street	Middlesex Railroad
106		Lebanon Street		Lebanon Street, Salem Street, and Main Street
107		Broadway North	Malden	Broadway and Salem Street	started as a bus	by 1924
108		Linden Square	Fellsway	Salem Street and Highland Avenue	started as a bus	by 1924
109		Linden Square		Eastern Avenue and Broadway
110		Everett		Elm Street and Broadway
114?	East Boston	North Ferry	Bellingham Square	Meridian Street	Metropolitan Railroad
116/117?		Chelsea	East Boston	Central Avenue and Chelsea Street
120		Orient Heights		Bennington Street
121	Lexington Street	North Ferry	East Boston	Meridian Street and Lexington Street	Metropolitan Railroad
122		Jeffries Point		Sumner Street/Webster Street

Some Metropolitan Railroad pages are missing from the 1882 guide.