Green Line "E" Branch

Green Line "E" Branch

The "E" Branch (also referred to as the Huntington Avenue Branch or Arborway Branch) is a streetcar line in the Boston, Massachusetts area, operating as a branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line. Since 1985, service beyond Heath Street has been "temporarily" suspended, with the 39 bus providing service beyond. The part leading from Brigham Circle to Heath Street is the only remaining section of street-running tracks in regular use by the MBTA; all other lines are on private right-of-way or in medians.

Northeast of the street-running section, the tracks run in the median of Huntington Avenue before running into the Huntington Avenue Subway via the Northeastern Incline. Just west of Copley, an at-grade junction connects the line into the other Green Line branches in the Boylston Street Subway, where they all run together to downtown. The "E" Branch is the only Green Line branch that regularly runs through to Lechmere Station.

Read more about Green Line "E" Branch:  History, Arborway Restoration Controversy, Station Listing

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