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Brigham Circle. The cutback was unpopular with local residents, who considered it an unnecessary inconvenience. On October 13, 2012, the cut was quietly reversed by reducing
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and south of Heath Street were to be consolidated, and the inbound stop at Heath Street would be dropped due to its proximity to Back of the Hill. The outbound stop south of Heath Street was dropped in 2013, but the inbound stop was kept until June 21, 2020.
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831:"Community Meeting: Route 39 – Boston"
623:Streetcar Lines of the Hub – The 1940s
916:"Accessibility Initiatives—June 2024"
780:Rocheleau, Matt (December 28, 2012).
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754:Fox, Jeremy (June 30, 2012).
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621:Clarke, Bradley H. (2003).
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539:. The outbound stops at
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936:MBTA – Heath Street
703:"Executive Summary"
661:Belcher, Jonathan.
419:Green Line E branch
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