Ownership, Landmark Status
The original owner was the private West End Street Railway, later the Boston Elevated Railway. Public ownership began in 1947 with the Metropolitan Transit Authority, later reconstituted as the modern Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
The Tremont Street Subway is now a National Historic Landmark.
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