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Newton And Boston Street Railway
The Newton and Boston Street Railway was a streetcar company in the Boston, Massachusetts area, eventually bought by the Middlesex and Boston Street Railway. Its line is now the 59 Needham Junction – Watertown Square via Newtonville bus. History The Newton and Boston Street Railway was organized in 1891. It soon opened an electric trolley line between Newton Upper Falls and Newtonville, with regular service beginning August 31, 1892. An 1897 map and an 1899 map show a branch to Newton Centre. The 1899 map also shows a branch of the Commonwealth Avenue Street Railway very closely paralleling it. In 1899, the company proposed a never-built line between Reservoir and Newton Center via Beacon Street. The Newtonville and Watertown Street Railway was leased October 1, 1897, allowing it to continue northeast to Watertown. An extension southwest to Needham center was built in 1906. On October 9, 1909, the Newton and Boston was merged into the Middlesex and Boston Street Railw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bustitution
A rail replacement bus service uses buses to replace a passenger train service on a temporary or permanent basis. The train service that is replaced may be of any type such as light rail, tram, streetcar, commuter rail, regional rail or heavy rail, intercity passenger service. The rail service may be replaced if the line is closed because of rail maintenance, a breakdown of a train, a rail accident or a strike action or to simply provide additional capacity or if the rail service is not economically viable. Terms for a rail replacement bus service include bustitution (a portmanteau of the words "bus" and "substitution", or bustitute) and bus bridge. Substitution of rail services by buses can be unpopular and subject to criticism and so the term ''bustitution'' is often used pejoratively.An example appears in a 2009 editorial. See: Examples Australia In Australia, a permanent or temporary rail replacement service change is often referred to as ''bustitution''. In Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumner Street (Newton)
Sumner may refer to: Places Antarctica * Mount Sumner, a mountain in the Rare Range, Antarctica * Sumner Glacier, southern Graham Land, Antarctica Australia * Sumner, Queensland, suburb of Brisbane New Zealand * Sumner, New Zealand, seaside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand * Lake Sumner United States Inhabited places * Sumner, California, former name of Kern, California * Sumner, Florida * Sumner, Georgia * Sumner, Illinois * Sumner, Iowa * Sumner, Maine * Sumner, Michigan * Sumner, Mississippi * Sumner, Missouri * Sumner, Nebraska * Sumner, Oklahoma * Sumner, Oregon * Sumner, Portland, Oregon * Sumner, Texas * Sumner, Washington ** Sumner station, a train station in Sumner, Washington * Sumner, Barron County, Wisconsin, a town * Sumner (community), Barron County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Sumner, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, a town * Sumner, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, a town * Sumner County, Kansas * Sumner County, Tennessee * Sumner Township, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willow Street (Newton)
Willow Street is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,578 at the 2010 census. In the early part of the 20th century the main thoroughfare in town was lined with willow trees on both sides for the length of the town, hence the community's name. As time marched on and the town grew, the road was widened and sidewalks were installed which required the trees be removed. Only a few of the original trees remain to this day. It is the location of the Hans Herr House, the oldest homestead in Lancaster County, and also the Martin Meylin Gunshop, where the long rifle was first made. Geography Willow Street is located in central Lancaster County at . It is primarily in West Lampeter Township, with a portion extending west into Pequea Township. It is bordered to the east by the village of Lampeter. Pennsylvania Route 272 (Willow Street Pike) is the main highway through the community. It is split ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre Street (Newton) '', an American l ...
Centre Street or Center Street may refer to: Places Canada * Centre Street (Calgary), Alberta **Centre Street station (Calgary) *Centre Street, part of York Regional Road 71, Ontario Hong Kong *Centre Street (Hong Kong) *Centre Street (constituency) United States *Centre Street (Baltimore) ** Mount Vernon station (Light RailLink), formerly known as Centre Street station * Centre Street (Manhattan), New York *Center Street Historic District (other), the name of 2 places in the U.S. *Center/Main Street station, Mesa, Arizona, U.S. *Ohio State Route 615, known as Center Street for much of its length Other uses *Center Street (publisher), an imprint of Hachette Book Group See also *''100 Centre Street ''100 Centre Street'' is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin, Val Avery, Bobby Cannavale, Joel de la Fuente and Paula Devicq. Premise The show takes its name for the Manhattan street address of the New York Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homer Street (Newton)
Homer Street is a quiet one-way street in the Marylebone neighbourhood of the City of Westminster, London. It runs from Old Marylebone Road in the north to Crawford Street in the south. The street is part of the Marylebone Ward of Westminster City Council. Its postcode is W1H. History The street is one of those in the Portman Estate area with classical names, such as Cato Street, Homer Row, and Virgil Place. According to Gillian Bebbington, these names were inspired by Edward Homer who was a friend of John Simon Harcourt, owner of the land on which the streets were built. Most of the street is within the City of Westminster's Portman Estate Conservation Area. On Charles Booth's 1898-99 poverty classification map of London, the street is shown in purple meaning ‘mixed, some comfortable others poor’. This is borne out by the late 19th century/early 20th century census returns which include houses of multiple occupation and residents living on ‘independent means' side by side ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walnut Street (Newton)
Walnut Street may refer to: *Walnut Street (Philadelphia) Walnut Street is located in downtown Philadelphia and extends from the city's Delaware River waterfront through Center City and West Philadelphia. Walnut Street has been characterized as "the city's premier shopping district". A portion of the ... * Walnut Street (Pittsburgh) * Walnut Street station (other), stations of the name See also * Walnut Street Bridge (other) {{disambiguation, road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Needham Industrial Park
Needham may refer to: Places United States * Needham, Alabama * Needham, Indiana * Needham, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston ** Needham Line, a commuter rail line in Greater Boston * Needham (Farmville, Virginia), a historic house United Kingdom * Needham, Norfolk, England * Needham Market, a town in Suffolk, England ** Needham Market F.C., an association football club Canada * Halifax Needham, a Canadian electoral district Other uses * Needham (surname) * Needham & Company * Needham Research Institute The Needham Research Institute (NRI; zh , t = 李約瑟研究所 ), located on the grounds of Robinson College, in Cambridge, England, is a centre for research into the history of science, technology and medicine in East Asia. The institute is n ... * Needham-Schroeder protocol, a computer network authentication protocol designed for use on insecure network * Needham (food), a dessert from the U.S. state of Maine {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newton Highlands (MBTA Station)
Newton Highlands station is a surface-level light rail station located in Newton, Massachusetts on the Green Line D branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. History The Brookline Branch of the Boston and Worcester Railroad was extended west to Newton Upper Falls by the Charles River Branch Railroad in November 1852. A flag stop was located at Oak Hill (later Newton Highlands). The 1880s Boston and Albany Railroad depot building, designed by H. H. Richardson in collaboration with landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 1976, and is part of the Newton Railroad Stations Historic District. Commuter rail service on the line ended in 1958; it reopened as a light rail station on July 4, 1959. The station's interior, occupied by an auto parts store for years, is being renovated and is partially occupied by a periodontist's office. It is not used as a passenger waiting area, although the building's ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Needham Center (MBTA Station)
Needham Center station is a commuter rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Needham Line, located just north of Great Plain Avenue ( MA-135) in downtown Needham, Massachusetts. The first station at Needham opened in 1853; it burned in 1887 and was replaced with a stone station, some of which is still in place. The has a single side platform with an accessible mini-high platform serving the line's single track. History Great Plain On June 1, 1853, the Charles River Branch Railroad was extended from Newton Upper Falls into Needham as the first stage of a line to Dover and beyond. The railroad was not able to follow its original plan to go through the East Village, Needham's historical center, because one landowner refused to sell; instead, it was routed to Great Plain station in Great Plain Village further to the east. Great Plain served as the terminus of the railroad until it was extended to Medway in 1861 and to Woonsocket in 1863. Needham With the coming of the railroad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One-way Pair
A one-way pair, one-way couple, or couplet refers to that portion of a bi-directional traffic facilitysuch as a road, bus, streetcar, or light rail linewhere its opposing flows exist as two independent and roughly parallel facilities. Description In the context of roads, a one-way pair consists of two one-way streets whose flows combine on one or both ends into a single two-way street. The one-way streets may be separated by just a single block, such as in a grid network, or may be spaced further apart with intermediate parallel roads. One use of a one-way pair is to increase the vehicular capacity of a major route through a developed area such as a central business district. If not carefully treated with other traffic calming features, the benefit in vehicular capacity is offset by a potential for increased road user deaths, in particular people walking and biking. A one-way pair can be created by converting segments of two-way streets into one-way streets, which allows lanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grade (slope)
The grade (also called slope, incline, gradient, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal. It is a special case of the slope, where zero indicates horizontality. A larger number indicates higher or steeper degree of "tilt". Often slope is calculated as a ratio of "rise" to "run", or as a fraction ("rise over run") in which ''run'' is the horizontal distance (not the distance along the slope) and ''rise'' is the vertical distance. Slopes of existing physical features such as canyons and hillsides, stream and river banks and beds are often described as grades, but typically grades are used for human-made surfaces such as roads, landscape grading, roof pitches, railroads, aqueducts, and pedestrian or bicycle routes. The grade may refer to the longitudinal slope or the perpendicular cross slope. Nomenclature There are several ways to express slope: # as an ''angle'' of inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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