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
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.
The Red Line is a rapid transit line operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority as part of the MBTA subway system. The line runs south and east underground from Alewife station in Nort
Orange Line (MBTA)
…were assigned to the rail lines on August 26, 1965, as part of a wider modernization developed by Cambridge Seven Associates. Peter Chermayeff assigned red, green, and blue to the other three lines based on geographic features; however, according to Chermayeff, the Main Line El "ended up being orange for…
A northbound Red Line train at Charles/MGH station in 2025
The new Cambridge (now Longfellow) Bridge pre-1912, viewed from the Boston end, with an unfinished heavy rail right-of-way down its center. Tracks visible at the sides are for streetcars.
Columbia station (later JFK/UMass) on the Dorchester extension under construction in 1927
The station entrance in Harvard Square