Plate 006: Proposed Rapid Transit Improvements for Boston 1926

Date: 1926
Publisher: Massachusetts Division of Metropolitan Planning
Size: 22" wide x 14" high
ID: 2023013105
Source Collection: WardMaps LLC
Atlas: Improved Transportation Facilities in the Metropolitan District 1926

Boston in Transit - The Book
Figure 6.20 - Proposed Rapid Transit Improvements, 1926
Issued by the Commonwealth’s Division of Metropolitan Planning in their Report on Improved Transportation Facilities in the Metropolitan District, a map shows existing subway, tunnel, and elevated railway lines as dark lines. Stations are dark boxes along each. Highlighted in yellow, is a proposed conversion and extension of the East Boston Tunnel and Boylston Street Subway into a single rapid transit line connecting Maverick Square in East Boston (right) with Warren Street in Brighton (left). Highlighted in pink, is a proposed extension of the Tremont Street Subway and East Cambridge Extension from Lechmere Terminal to Brigham Circle (bottom).

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