Predecessor Companies by Name Change, Reorganization or Merger

West End Street Railway Company

1887 to 1922, Unknown

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1894

Boston Elevated Railway Company is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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March 1895

Boston Elevated Railway Company begins construction of the Tremont Street tunnel.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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1897

West End Street Railway Company leases its property to Boston Elevated Railway Company.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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September 1, 1897

Boston Elevated Railway Company completes construction of the United States' first subway below Tremont Street.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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June 10, 1901

Boston Elevated Railway Company begins operations of the Sullivan Square to Dudley Street elevated.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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1908

Boston Elevated Railway Company opens the Washington Street tunnel, East Boston streetcar tunnel, and Atlantic Avenue elevated.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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1909

Boston Elevated Railway Company extends the elevated railway to Forest Hills.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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1912

Boston Elevated Railway Company opens the Cambridge subway between Harvard Square and Park Street.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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1914

Boston Elevated Railway Company completes construction of the Boylston Street tunnel.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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1916

Boston Elevated Railway Company extends the East Boston tunnel to Bowdoin Square.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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1918

Boston Elevated Railway Company management is taken over by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under the Public Control Act of 1918.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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1918

Boston Elevated Railway Company opens an extension of the Cambridge subway to Andrew Square.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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1919

Boston Elevated Railway Company extends the elevated railway to Everett.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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1922

Boston Elevated Railway Company purchases its first bus.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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June 10, 1922

West End Street Railway Company consolidates into Boston Elevated Railway Company.

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"West End Street Railway." Wikipedia. 12-17-2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_Street_Railway.

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1923

Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company Hyde Park Division is leased to Boston Elevated Railway Company.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Newport to Nashua - The Bay State/Eastern Mass. System." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 43-65. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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1924

Boston Elevated Railway Company converts the East Boston streetcar tunnel to rapid transit.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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1927-1929

Boston Elevated Railway Company converts the The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company Shawmut and Milton Branches to the Dorchester subway and Mattapan-Ashmont streetcar line.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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1932

Boston Elevated Railway Company opens the Kenmore extension.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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June 1936

Boston Elevated Railway Company acquires the property of Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company Chelsea Division.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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October 1, 1938

Boston Elevated Railway Company ceases operations of the Atlantic Avenue elevated.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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1941

Boston Elevated Railway Company opens the Huntington Avenue subway.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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1947

Boston Elevated Railway Company property is acquired by Metropolitan Transit Authority.

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Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding. "Boston - In, Over & Under the Hub." In From Boston to the Berkshires, 11-41. Boston, MA: Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990.

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