Green Line E

GREEN LINE "E" Huntington Avenue Branch
A Green Line E vehicle on Huntington Avenue
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Type	Light rail
place	Greater Boston
Number of stations	22nd
Terminals	Lechmere Heath Street
opening	February 16, 1941
operator	MBTA
Route system	Green Line
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The Green Line "E" , or Huntington Avenue Branch or Arborway Branch is a subway streetcar and a branch of the MBTA - Green Line in the area around Boston in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . Since 1985 the line has been "temporarily" interrupted from Heath Street and is continued by bus route 39 . In the section between Brigham Circle and Heath Street are the only remaining public tram tracks that are still regularly used by the MBTA. All other trains run on private land or on dividing strips .

In a northeasterly direction, the Green Line E first runs on the dividing strip of Huntington Avenue and then continues on the Northeastern Incline as a subway through the Huntington Avenue Subway . To the west of Copley Station , the route joins that of the other Green Line branches and leads through the Boylston Street Subway towards the city center. The terminus of the Green Line E is Lechmere .

history

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The first tram route in the catchment area of ​​today's Green Line E was built in 1857 by the West Roxbury Railroad and immediately leased by the Metropolitan Railroad . The horse-drawn tram ran along Tremont Street out of downtown Boston and south on Columbus Avenue , Center Street and South Street to finally end at the Jamaica Plain depot . To the east of this route, another horse-drawn tram ran parallel to Washington Street from Dudley Square to Forest Hills .

These lines were electrified in 1891 and expanded to the depot on the Arborway in 1902 , so that a connection between the two sections was created via this point. In 1903, the first train on the Arborway line went underground. The tracks that later became part of the route for the Green Line E were built in 1859 along Huntington Avenue from Brigham Circle west to Brookline . In 1883, a new section was built from this line, which made it possible to drive over existing tracks on Boylston Street to Park Square . In 1906 a link was built on South Huntington Avenue to link the new route on Huntington with that on Center .

The track on the Huntington Avenue was electrified in the year 1894th On September 1, 1897, the descent was opened on Boylston Street in the Tremont Street Subway and the carriage of the line was diverted into this. With the opening of the descent on Pleasant Street just a month later, the line on Tremont Street was also laid underground.

On June 10, 1901, Washington Street Elevated opened a line to Dudley Square , which resulted in many tram lines being cut off at this point and passengers being forced to switch to Washington Street Elevated. This also affected the Jamaica Plain route. The extension of Washington Street Elevated to Forest Hills , completed on November 22, 1909, provided a faster connection from the Arborway to the city center with its route over Washington Street , but the trams of the Jamaica Plain took a completely different route and therefore covered different routes Catchment areas, which is why the passenger numbers remained largely stable.

Most recently the following lines ran on the route:

• No. 39 from the Arborway through the tunnel to the stop at Northeastern University and Brigham Circle
• No. 41 from the Jamaica Plain Depot to Dudley Square on Columbus Avenue
• No. 57 from the Heath Street on Huntington Avenue in the tunnel

A 39 MBTA bus follows the Green Line E rails on Huntington Avenue .

The only direct connection to the city center was line number 43, which entered the tunnel on Pleasant Street from Egleston Square and continued on to Columbus Avenue and Tremont Street . Line 41 was discontinued on June 7, 1949, line 43 on June 14, 1956. The remaining lines 39 and 57 were renamed Green Line E in 1967 .

Many changes have been made to the route over the years due to a shortage of vehicles, particularly caused by the commissioning and popularity of the Green Line D. The most profound development came on December 28, 1985, when the route to Heath Street was "temporarily" shortened and the rest of the route was replaced by bus route 39, which made it possible to change trains free of charge using time cards . Their route was extended to the station in Back Bay in December 1989 and thus offered a connection to the Orange Line . In 2008, the rails on this section were concreted over their full length, which is why an actual restart is very unlikely.

Restoration of the section on the arborway

Reconstruction of the Green Line E tracks on Huntington Avenue in November 2006.

In order to end a lawsuit with the Conservation Law Foundation , the Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation and Construction (EOTC) agreed to reduce the environmental impact, which had recently risen sharply, particularly due to the Big Dig due to increased automobile traffic . In 2000, the appropriate financial resources were made available and measures were decided, which also included the restoration of the Green Line E from Heath Street to the Arborway . This restoration was also requested by the United States Environmental Protection Agency because the city failed to meet national air quality standards.

However, a revised settlement was later concluded, which included a number of projects to improve regional air quality, but no longer included the restoration of the Green Line E route . The EOTC pledged to look into other measures to improve public transport on the arborway. Despite intensive lobbying by residents about the restoration of the tram route, the tracks south of Heath Street were concreted over in 2008. From Heath Street to the Arborway , the bus route 39 Forest Hills Station - Back Bay Station via Huntington Avenue continues .

Individual evidence

1. ^ MBTA Program for Mass Transportation. (No longer available online.) In: BOSTON REGION METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012 ; accessed on February 7, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Air & Climate. In: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved February 7, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Andy Zagastizábal: Arborway transit meetings begin. In: Jamaica Plain Gazette. September 7, 2007, accessed February 7, 2012 . 

Web links

Commons : Green Line E branch  - collection of images