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Riverside (MBTA Station)
Riverside station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line (MBTA), Green Line light rail station located in the Auburndale, Massachusetts, Auburndale village of Newton, Massachusetts. It is the western terminal of the Green Line D branch service. The station is located near the interchange of Interstate 95 in Massachusetts, Interstate 95 (Massachusetts Route 128, Route 128) and the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) and serves as a regional park and ride station. West of the station is Riverside Yard, the main maintenance facility and largest storage yard for the Green Line. The station is fully accessible. History The Boston and Worcester Railroad opened through Newton in 1834. A station at Riverside, named for its location just east of the railroad's bridge over the Charles River, opened in the 1850s. The railroad merged into the Boston and Albany Railroad (B&A) in 1867. In 1886, the B&A completed its Highland branch, which rejoined the mainline at Rivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auburndale, Massachusetts
Auburndale is one of the thirteen List of villages in Newton, Massachusetts, villages within the city of Newton, Massachusetts, Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It lies at the western end of Newton near the intersection of interstate highways Interstate 90, 90 and Interstate 95 in Massachusetts, 95. It is bisected by the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90). Auburndale is surrounded by three other Newton villages (West Newton, Massachusetts, West Newton, Waban, Massachusetts, Waban, and Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts, Newton Lower Falls) as well as the city of Waltham, Massachusetts, Waltham and the Charles River. Auburndale is the home of Williams and Burr elementary schools, as well as Lasell College. Auburndale Square is the location of the Plummer Memorial Library, which is run by the Auburndale Community Library and no longer affiliated with the Newton Free Library, the Turtle Lane Playhouse, and many small busin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston And Worcester Railroad
The Boston and Albany Railroad was a railroad connecting Boston, Massachusetts to Albany, New York, later becoming part of the New York Central Railroad system, Conrail, and CSX Transportation. The mainline is currently used by CSX for freight as the Berkshire Subdivision and Boston Subdivision. Passenger service is provided on the line by Amtrak, as part of their ''Lake Shore Limited'' service, and by the MBTA Commuter Rail system, which owns the section east of Worcester and operates it as its Framingham/Worcester Line. History When the Erie Canal opened in 1825, New York City's advantageous water connection through the Hudson River threatened Boston's historical dominance as a trade center. Since the Berkshires made construction of a canal infeasible, Boston turned to the emerging railroad technology for a share of the freight to and from the Midwestern United States. The Boston and Worcester Railroad was chartered June 23, 1831 and construction began in August 1832. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Station
South Station, officially The Governor Michael S. Dukakis Transportation Center at South Station, is the largest railroad station and intercity bus terminal in Greater Boston and New England's second-largest transportation center after Logan International Airport. Located at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Summer Street in Dewey Square, Boston, Massachusetts, the historic station building was constructed in 1899 to replace the downtown terminals of several railroads. Today, it serves as a major intermodal domestic transportation hub, with service to the Greater Boston region and the Northeastern and Midwestern United States. It is used by thousands of commuter rail and intercity rail passengers daily. Connections to the rapid transit Red Line and bus rapid transit Silver Line are made through the adjacent subway station. The station was renamed for former Massachusetts governor Michael S. Dukakis in November 2014, though maps and station signs continue to use th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigo Line
The Indigo Line was a proposed hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) service of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) that would have incorporated parts of the former Grand Junction Railroad, the Seaport District's Track 61, a spur to Riverside station and segments of other MBTA Commuter Rail lines within the Greater Boston region of Massachusetts. As proposed, the Indigo Line would have predominately shared existing infrastructure with the MBTA Commuter Rail. The Indigo Line was formally endorsed in 2014 during the Deval Patrick administration. The service was included within the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's (MassDOT's) 2014-2018 Capital Investment Plan which consolidated recommendations put forth by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (now the Boston Planning and Development Agency) and several other proposals by community advocates. The MBTA planned to procure diesel multiple units (DMUs) for Indigo Line ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megabus (North America)
Megabus is an intercity bus service operating in the United States and Canada. It is also the operator of the Virginia Breeze bus service. History On April 10, 2006, Stagecoach Group, operator of Megabus (Europe), introduced the Megabus brand in the United States through its Coach USA subsidiary with routes in the Midwestern United States. In August 2007, Megabus introduced service to Arizona and California using Coach America as a contractor. Ridership was sluggish and in early 2008, Megabus discontinued services in Arizona and California. In late May 2008, Megabus began service to/from New York City, with service to/from Albany, New York, Albany, Atlantic City, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Toronto and Washington, D.C. Further expansions included service to Syracuse, New York, Syracuse, Rochester, New York, Rochester, Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford and Niagara Falls, Ontario. Megabus returned to the West Coast on December 12, 2012, initial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Buses
Academy Bus Lines is a bus company in New Jersey providing local bus services in northern New Jersey, line-run services to/from New York City from points in southern and central New Jersey, and contract and charter service in the eastern United States from Boston to Miami. In 2014, Academy acquired Go Buses, which currently operates bus service between Boston and Washington, D.C., and in southern Florida. On September 27, 2023, Academy acquired James River Transportation, which operates in Virginia. Academy is the third-largest motorcoach operator in the United States and Canada. Academy's fleet consists of a variety of motor coaches, including MCI D4500 (in the process of being retired), MCI J4500, Van Hool CX35, Van Hool CX45, Van Hool C2045 motorcoaches, and Mercedes Tourrider coaches which are used for commuter and charter services. ENC Eldorado, Nova Bus LFS and New Flyer Industries low floor buses are used for university contracts and charters, such as Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Pan Bus Lines
Peter Pan Bus Lines operates an intercity bus service in the Northeastern United States. It is headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts. It operates service to and from Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. The company logo is based on an illustration by Roy Best for the ''Peter Pan Picture Book''. Since its founding in 1933, the company has been owned by the Picknelly family. Peter Pan's fleet consists mostly of buses manufactured by Motor Coach Industries. History Peter Carmine Picknelly founded the company in 1933 with two Buick limousines and named it after his son's favorite storybook, Peter Pan. The company's first route operated between Northampton, Massachusetts and Boston through Stafford Springs, Connecticut, costing $1.75 and requiring nearly four hours of travel time. In 1957, the Massachusetts Turnpike was opened and travel time was cut in half. The son of the founder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Lines, Inc. is an American operator of Intercity bus service, intercity bus services. Greyhound operates the largest intercity bus network in the United States, and also operates charter and Amtrak Thruway services, as well as intercity buses Greyhound Mexico, in Mexico. Based in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, Greyhound is a subsidiary of , owner of FlixBus. Greyhound operates 1,700 Coach (bus), coaches produced mainly by Motor Coach Industries and Prevost Car, Prevost serving 230 stations and 1,700 destinations. The company's first route began in Hibbing, Minnesota, in 1914 and the company adopted the ''Greyhound'' name in 1929. History 1914–1930: early years In 1914, Eric Wickman, a 27-year-old Swedish immigrant, was laid off from his job as a drill operator at a mine in Alice, Minnesota. He became a Hupmobile salesman in Hibbing, Minnesota, and, when he could not sell the first seven-passenger Hupmobile that he received, he began using it along with fellow Swedish i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intercity Bus
An intercity bus service (North American English) or intercity coach service (British English and Commonwealth English), also called a long-distance, express, over-the-road, commercial, long-haul, or highway bus or coach service, is a public transport service using coaches to carry passengers significant distances between different cities, towns, or other populated areas. Unlike a transit bus service, which has frequent stops throughout a city or town, an intercity bus service generally has a single stop at one location in or near a city – usually at a transit interchange – and travels long distances without stopping at all. Intercity bus services may be operated by government agencies or private industry, for profit and not for profit. Intercity coach travel can serve areas or countries with no train services, or may be set up to compete with trains by providing a more flexible or cheaper alternative. Intercity bus services are of prime importance in lightly populated ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muddy River (Massachusetts)
The Muddy River is a series of brooks and ponds that runs through sections of Boston, Massachusetts, Boston's Emerald Necklace, including along the south boundary of Brookline, Massachusetts (a town that went by the name of Muddy River Hamlet before it was incorporated in 1705). The river is a protected public recreation area surrounded by parks and hiking trails, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. The river flows from Jamaica Pond through Olmsted Park's Wards Pond, Willow Pond, and Leverett Pond. It then flows through a conduit under Route 9 (Massachusetts), Route 9 and into a narrow park called the Riverway, from which it flows through three culverts: the Riverway Culvert, the Brookline Avenue Culvert, and the Avenue Louis Pasteur Culvert. The Muddy River continues from the Fens toward its connection with the Charles River via the Charlesgate area, running through a stone-paved channel surrounded by a narrow strip of parklands. In a ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CharlieCard
The CharlieCard is a contactless smart card used for fare payment for transportation in the Boston area. It is the primary payment method for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and several regional public transport systems in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is used on the MBTA's subway and bus services, but is not currently accepted on the MBTA Commuter Rail and ferries. The card was introduced on December 4, 2006, to enhance the technology of the transit system and eliminate the burden of carrying and collecting tokens. It replaced the metal token, which was phased out in 2006. Work to convert to a second-generation electronic fare system (AFC 2.0) began in 2017. The first public phase of the conversion – contactless card and smartphone payments on the subway and bus systems – was launched on August 1, 2024. Second-generation CharlieCards, a new mobile app, and new fare machines are expected to be placed in service in 2025, with the system extended t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
