Green Line "D" Branch
The Green Line " D", or even Highland Branch or Riverside Branch is an underground tram and a branch of the MBTA Green Line in the Boston area in the state of Massachusetts in the United States. On this route run Light rail vehicles on a largely non-crossing route that was previously used by the Boston and Albany Railroad. West of the station Kenmore performs the double-track line through the portal Fenway Incline into the ground and leaves from here to the same tracks as the Green Line B, and C. The Green Line Green Line D continues through the Boylston Street Subway and Tremont Street Subway, where they go together with the route of the Green Line e. The route finally ends at Government Center.
The Green Line D was opened in 1959 and is the youngest Light rail line in the Boston area. The stations Newton Center and Newton Highlands are still preserved in their original style of the late 19th century. However, while the stop Newton Center was renovated in the 1980s and expanded by the integration of retailers, Newton Highlands is only used as a pure breakpoint.
History
The tram line was built on the route of a disused railway on May 31, 1958, the parts of the railway lines Yawkey - Brookline, Back Bay Harrisville and Riverside Newton Highlands contains. The eastern end of the line was connected through the new tunnel ramp Fenway Incline and on the Boylston Street Subway to the underground station Kenmore, so that on July 4, 1959, the new tram line their service could initially take control of the Metropolitan Transit Authority ( MTA), was taken to this in 1964 by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ( MBTA ). The course was to Riverside, but the budget was not enough to purchase new vehicles to service the route. Therefore, the MTA decided to close the routes to Waverley and Watertown Square to their vehicles to be inserted on the new Riverside track (now the Green Line D).
The first route of the Riverside - line led to the station Park Street. At the end of the route some trains ran only to Cleveland Circle, however, passenger numbers were soon so high that the line then basically drove up to the terminal in Riverside.
In August 1964, the MBTA took over the route, the line was extended services on days other than Sunday to Lechmere. As of 10 September 1966, the then- Line 4 went on Sundays to get there. In 1967, the figures of the Green Line have been replaced by letters, so that from the line 4 Riverside Lechmere D Riverside was.
On December 30, 1976, the first car drove Boeing LRV on the route of the Green Line D, but had to initially contact already on Park Street or at the Government Center, because the turning loop at Boston North Station was not electrified.
Over the years, the city side terminal changed several times. In addition, there were several changes in the route - right up to the rail replacement bus service - due to ( re-) construction. Last of the line service from 4 to 31 August 2007 was interrupted by shuttle buses between the reservoir and Fenway, since there the tracks and service facilities have been upgraded.