Downtown Terminal
Until 1931, the line always looped at Park Street. On February 7 of that year, the Commonwealth Avenue service was extended east through downtown to loop at Lechmere. Since then, the following changes in east terminal have been made:
- November 20, 1961: cut back to Park Street
- November 18, 1964: extended Monday-Saturday to Government Center
- January 1967: cut back to Park Street all times due to problems at the Government Center loop
- March 25, 1967: extended to North Station
- June 17, 1967: cut back to Government Center
- September 9, 1967: extended to North Station
- September 14, 1967: cut back to Government Center due to problems at the North Station loop
- March 21, 1970: extended to Haymarket, looped empty at North Station
- December 26, 1970: extended to North Station
- March 25, 1974: extended to Lechmere
- January 1, 1977: cut back to North Station weekdays only
- March 19, 1977: extended to Lechmere all times
- June 18, 1977: cut back to Government Center all times
- September 9, 1977: extended to Lechmere all times
- September 9, 1978: cut back to Government Center nights and Sundays
- March 24, 1979: cut back to Government Center middays and Saturdays, with only rush hour trips continuing to Lechmere
- March 21, 1980: cut back to Park Street all times
- April 4, 1981: extended to North Station (PCC cars looped at Government Center)
- July 30, 1983: cut back to Government Center
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