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Tremont Street Subway A Century of Public Service 1997 Soft Cover
Tremont Street Subway A Century of Public Service #22 by Bradley H. Clarke and O.R. Cummings
Copyright 1997
Soft Cover stapled
64 Pages
Contents:
Foreword5
Before the Subway 7
Alternatives to Horse Propulsion 9
Petitions, Plans, and Legislation 11
The Boston Transit Commission 13
The Tremont Street Subway15
The Subway Explosion18
Opening Day 19
Rules and Regulations 21
Opening of the Subway North of Park Street 23
The Social Significance of Boston's Subway30
After the Subway Opened35
Elevated Trains in the Subway 35
"Foreign" Cars38
Subway Modifications and Extensions 39
Postwar Changes46
Subway Rolling Stock50
The Green Line Branches 53
C-Cleveland Circle, The Beacon St. Line 53
B-Boston College, The Commonwealth Ave. Line 58
E-Arborway, The Arborway Line 60
D-Riverside, The Riverside Line 62
Recommended Reading 64
Boston Street Railway Association
This is a fine history of the trolley car subway in Boston -- actually the first electrically operated subway in the U.S., and not really dissimilar to the first one in Europe, i.e. the one Budapest, Hungary. The history is quite complex because early on many different routes got funneled into the Tremont subway as rapid transit was gradually built up in Boston in the early 20th century. This subway continues today and is the most intensive rapid transit service in the Western hemisphere operated by streetcars.
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