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In the late 1700’s a stagecoach, which is a horse powered vehicle used to carry mail and passengers, connected Cambridge and Boston. This marked the creation of the West End Street Railway.

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By the late 19th century they had one of the largest railway systems in the US with over 8,000 horses. They wanted to make more productive trains so they made them electric. The first electric route the made was from Allston to Back Bay and was later turned into the green line.

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1897: The Hemisphere’s First Subway Emerges

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1897: The Hemisphere’s First Subway Emerges

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The the train were always slow and contested especially near Tremont Street. To fix this they built a tunnel near Tremont Street. The Boston Elevated Railway Company was created and absorbed the West End Railway Company.

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The Boston Elevated Railway Company was also called El. By 1899 there was 10 stations and 150 train cars and the track was 7 miles long. By 1909 ,the present day orange line, ran from Everett to Forest Hills.

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A new company emerged called the MTA(Metropolitan Transit Authority) and it absorbed El. They brought many idea and wanted to expand to Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Milton, Newton, Revere, Somerville, and Watertown.

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The modern day Green Line D branch was starting to be built and El was starting to get torn down and was finished in 2004. Law makers decided to combine all existing railway systems and made the MBTA(Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority).

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During the 1980’s there was a missive gas spike so people started taking the MBTA services more. This revealed the many aging mechanical problems and the T almost shut down. To stop that from happening the MBTA board expanded from 5 to 7. Some more resent problems a Red Line derailed because of a broken axle in 2019.