The Blue Line is a rapid transit line in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, one of four rapid transit lines operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. It runs from Bowdoin station
An eastbound Blue Line train entering State station in 2024
A streetcar at Atlantic Avenue (now Aquarium) station in 1906
Joy Street Portal in 1915, looking eastwards
A Blue Line train at Wonderland in 1976
The Orange Line is a rapid transit line operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority as part of the MBTA subway system. The line runs south on the surface from Oak Grove station in Malde
Blue Line (MBTA)
…Large bi-loading streetcars (with high floors but capable of loading from low platforms), which incorporated many attributes from metro cars used on the Main Line Elevated, began use in 1905. However, neither these nor the large center-entrance cars introduced in 1917 (which were designed for multiple unit operation) could…
A southbound Orange Line train at Haymarket station in 2025
The Charlestown El running over the Charlestown Bridge
Rowes Wharf station on the Atlantic Avenue Elevated in 1942 – four years after closure – just before being demolished
Station sign at Boylston Street (now Chinatown) station in 1914. In 1967, the station was renamed Essex to avoid confusion with the preexisting Green Line station a block away.