Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line

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The Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line is considered part of the MBTA's Red Line, even though it uses different equipment (trolleys) and passengers have to change at Ashmont. It is the only MBTA line to run through a cemetery. In 2005, it was announced that with the remodeling of Ashmont station, the line would be shut down and replaced by bus service temporarily beginning on June 24, 2006.

Rolling stock

The rolling stock of the Mattapan-Ashmont Line consists of refurbished, historic PCC streetcars that formerly ran on the Green Line.

Stations

Mattapan
Capen Street
Valley Road
Central Avenue
Milton
Butler
Cedar Grove
Ashmont (transfer to Dorchester branch of the Red Line)

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Red Line		Alewife – Ashmont / Braintree ––– Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line: Ashmont – Mattapan
Green Line		Lechmere – Boston College ("B") / Cleveland Circle ("C") / Riverside ("D") / Heath Street ("E") ––– Watertown ("A")
Orange Line		Oak Grove – Forest Hills ––– Charlestown Elevated – Atlantic Avenue Elevated – Washington Street Elevated
Blue Line		Wonderland – Bowdoin
Buses		Silver Line: Dudley Square – Downtown Crossing; South Station – various points ––– List – Crosstown buses – Former streetcars – Trackless trolleys – Key routes – East Boston area – South Boston – Urban Ring
Buses
Commuter Rail		Greenbush – Plymouth/Kingston – Middleborough/Lakeville – New Bedford/Fall River – Fairmount – Providence/Stoughton – Franklin – Needham – Framingham/Worcester – Fitchburg – Lowell – Haverhill/Reading – Newburyport/Rockport
Miscellaneous		Accessibility – Boat service – CharlieCard – Nomenclature
Predecessors		Boston Elevated Railway – Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway – Middlesex and Boston Street Railway

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