Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway

Ex-Eastern Mass. Street Railway car 4387 at the Seashore Trolley Museum
1930s map of Eastern Mass streetcar and bus lines

The Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway (Eastern Mass) was a streetcar and later bus company in eastern Massachusetts, serving most suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. Many of its former routes are now run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

BERy connection points

The Eastern Mass connected to the Boston Elevated Railway (BERy) system at many points; through service continued along BERy trackage at some.

Preserved cars

Former Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway car 4387, built in 1918 by the Laconia Car Company, is preserved in operating condition at the Seashore Trolley Museum, in Kennebunkport, Maine.[1]

References

  1. Young, Andrew D. (1997). Veteran & Vintage Transit, p. 45. St. Louis: Archway Publishing. ISBN 0-9647279-2-7.


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