Lines
The main line ran along the old Boston and Worcester Turnpike (Route 9) except in the following places:
- In Worcester, the tracks used Shrewsbury Street to get downtown.
- Just east of the bridge over Lake Quinsigamond, the tracks split. One pair followed the south-east shore of the lake along a private right-of-way to a dead end. The main tracks ran slightly south of Route 9 until they crossed the turnpike at South Shrewsbury and then continued on the north side until they merged with the turnpike at the Northborough/Westborough border.
- North of Westborough center, at the crossing with current Route 135, the tracks split to the south, rejoining the turnpike at Breakneck Hill Road (just east of Route 85) in Southborough. Breakneck Hill Road is where the older tracks of the Framingham, Southboro and Marlborough Street Railway split to head north to Marlborough and Hudson.
- At the Boston end, the line ran to the end of Huntington Avenue, the old turnpike, and continued on to Park Square.
The section in Worcester was on trackage rights from the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway (on their "City Hall and Lake" line ), and in Boston it used the tracks of the Boston Elevated Railway.
At Framingham Junction, the crossing with current Route 126 in Framingham, many cars from Boston turned south to end at downtown Framingham ("South Framingham"). This junction was at the crossing of the older Framingham Union Street Railway line to Saxonville.
The other lines were as follows:
- Splitting from the main line at Fayville (Breakneck Hill Road) and heading north via Southborough and Marlborough to Hudson, originally owned by the Framingham, Southboro and Marlborough Street Railway (along with the main line east to Framingham Center).
- Downtown Framingham northeast to Saxonville, roughly if not fully via current Route 126. This was originally owned by the Framingham Union Street Railway, and crossed the main line at Framingham Junction.
- Downtown Framingham northwest to Framingham Center via Union Avenue, originally part of the Framingham Union Street Railway. Before the consolidation into the B&W, an interchange with the Framingham, Southboro and Marlborough Street Railway existed at Framingham Center.
Other local routes may have existed.
The following interchange points with other companies were provided:
- Worcester Consolidated Street Railway in Worcester
- Worcester Consolidated Street Railway (originally Worcester and Marlborough Street Railway) just east of Worcester
- Worcester Consolidated Street Railway (originally Worcester and Marlborough Street Railway) at Wessonville (current Route 135)
- Marlborough and Westborough Street Railway east of Wessonville
- Worcester Consolidated Street Railway (originally Clinton and Hudson Street Railway) at Hudson
- Concord, Maynard and Hudson Street Railway at Hudson
- Worcester Consolidated Street Railway (originally Worcester and Marlborough Street Railway) at Marlborough
- Marlborough and Westborough Street Railway at Marlborough
- Middlesex and Boston Street Railway (originally South Middlesex Street Railway) at downtown Framingham
- Middlesex and Uxbridge Street Railway (originally Milford, Holliston and Framingham Street Railway) at downtown Framingham
- Middlesex and Boston Street Railway (originally Natick and Cochituate Street Railway) at Saxonville
- Middlesex and Boston Street Railway (originally Natick and Cochituate Street Railway) at Felchville
- Middlesex and Boston Street Railway (originally Natick and Cochituate Street Railway) at Wellesley Hills
- Middlesex and Boston Street Railway (originally Newton and Boston Street Railway) at Newton Upper Falls
- Boston Elevated Railway in Brookline and Boston
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