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structure ended on June 25, 2004; service to the new underground North Station "superstation" began on June 28. A new incline at Martha Road some 1,600 feet (490 m) to the northwest, which connects the extended tunnel to the Lechmere Viaduct, opened on November 12, 2005. The former Canal Street incline site was soon covered by commercial development.
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This four-track incline opened on September 3, 1898, as part of the final section of the Tremont Street subway. On June 10, 1901, the two outer tracks were connected to the newly opened Charlestown Elevated; only the inner tracks carried streetcars. By this time, a pedestrian tunnel crossed under the
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The Causeway Street terminal was closed on March 28, 1997, for construction of a new Green Line tunnel. The tracks to the Causeway Street elevated were shifted east onto the 1975-abandoned part of the incline, and a temporary elevated structure was built over Haverhill Street. Service over this
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in the 1890s, various configurations were considered for the north end of the tunnel. All designs included an incline to the surface to serve streetcars from Charlestown and Cambridge, plus a surface or underground terminal for streetcars from the tunnel. (The blocks between these streets had
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opened; it was connected to the Charlestown Elevated using the two eastern tracks of the incline. The incline was expanded west for two additional tracks, restoring four-track streetcar operations through the subway.
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in two blocks bounded by Canal Street to the west, Causeway Street to the north, Haverhill Street to the east, and Market Street to the south. The incline was the north end of the
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was converted to bus on July 1, 1949, the center streetcar tracks were only used by streetcars terminating at North Station. The
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Chasson, George Jr. (1987). Lonto, Arthur J. (ed.). "Boston's Main Line El: The Formative Years 1879-1908".
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incline at Traverse Street, which had been severed by its construction. On November 30, 1908, the
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was closed on April 4, 1975, and the eastern two tracks of the incline were removed. The
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with surface and elevated lines. It was located in the
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formerly been occupied by the tracks leading to the
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Index

Boston
Bulfinch Triangle
North Station
Haymarket Square
Tremont Street subway
Green Line
Orange Line

rapid transit
Charlestown Elevated
Tremont Street subway
Boston and Maine Railroad
North Union Station
Washington Street Tunnel
Causeway Street elevated
Lechmere Viaduct
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Charlestown Elevated
Haymarket North Extension



ISBN
0938315048
ISBN
1884650031
Atlas of Boston Proper


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