An Orange Line train on the Charlestown Bridge in 1967
Overview
Termini
Canal Street Incline
Everett station
Stations
5
Service
System
BERy Main Line / MBTA Orange Line
History
Opened
June 10, 1901[1]
Closed
April 4, 1975[1]
Technical
Number of tracks
2
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
Everett
Mystic River
Sullivan Square
Thompson Square
City Square
Charles River
Atlantic Avenue Elevated
North Station
Canal Street Incline
Tremont Street subway
(1901–1908)
Washington Street subway
(1908–1975)
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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.
^ abBelcher, Jonathan (27 June 2015). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district 1964-2015" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
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