Provides comprehensive transit coverage throughout this large area.
Route History (City)
Route History (Suburbs)
Horse Car
1854-1901 - Lynn & Boston Railroad Co.
1891-1892 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
Electric Streetcar
1890-1892 - Lynn Belt Line Street Railway Co.
1901-1911 - Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.
1911-1919 - Bay State Street Railway Co.
1919-1968 - Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
1937 - streetcars discontinued
Beverly
Battery Car
1889-1892 - Beverly & Danvers Street Railway Co.
Electric Streetcar
1896-1901 - Beverly & Danvers Street Railway Co.
1901-1911 - Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.
1911-1919 - Bay State Street Railway Co.
1919-1968 - Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
1923 - buses introduced
1937 - streetcars discontinued
1920-1952 - Hemeon Motor Coach Service (supplemental service)
1952-1963 - Michaud Bus Line (supplemental service)
Salem
Horse Car
1875-1892 - Naumkeag Street Railway Co.
1884-1887 - Salem & Danvers Street Railway Co.
1890-1891 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
Electric Streetcar
1890-1892 - Essex Electric Street Railway Co.
1892-1901 - Lynn & Boston Railroad Co.
1901-1911 - Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.
1911-1919 - Bay State Street Railway Co.
1919-1968 - Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
1937 - streetcars discontinued
1919-1995 - Michaud Bus Line (supplemental service)
Stoneham
Horse Car
1885-1887 - Stoneham Street Railroad Co.
1887-1893 - East Middlesex Street Railway Co.
1893-1901 - Lynn & Boston Railroad Co.
1894-1897 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1901-1911 - Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.
1911-1919 - Bay State Street Railway Co.
1919-1968 - Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
1923 - buses introduced
1946 - streetcars discontinued
Woburn
Horse Car
1866-1886 - North Woburn Horse Railroad
1886-1897 - North Woburn Street Railway Co.
1896 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1897-1901 - North Woburn Street Railroad Co.
1901-1911 - Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.
1911-1919 - Bay State Street Railway Co.
1919-1968 - Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
1923 - buses introduced
1946 - streetcars discontinued
ADDITIONAL HISTORIC ELECTRIC RAILWAYS
(Most company names also describe the routes)
1892-1900 - Wakefield & Stoneham Street Railway Co. (Wakefield-Stoneham/Melrose/Lynn/Reading)
1900 to Lynn & Boston Railroad Co./above
1896-1899 - Mystic Valley Street Railway Co. (Stoneham-Winchester)
1899 to Wakefield & Stoneham Street Railway Co./above
1897-1898 - Arlington & Winchester Street Railway Co.
1898 to Mystic Valley Street Railway Co./above
1897-1901 - North Woburn Street Railroad Co. (Medford-Woburn-North Woburn)
above
1896-1899 - Woburn & Reading Street Railway Co.
1899 to Wakefield & Stoneham Street Railway Co./above
1895-1899 - Reading & Lowell Street Railway
1899 to Wakefield & Stoneham Street Railway Co./above
1898-1899 - Salem & Wakefield Street Railway Co.
1899 to Wakefield & Stoneham Street Railway Co./above
Saugus
electric railways and replacement bus lines
also connected with adjoining areas
1922-1939 - Hart Bus Lines
1939-1940 - Saugus Transit
1940-1956 - Rapid Transit Inc.
1956-1972 - Saugus Transit
1972-1975 - Service Bus Line
Wakefield
electric railways and replacement bus lines
also connected with adjoining areas
1945-1973 - Hudson Bus Lines
Reading
electric railways and replacement bus lines
also connected with adjoining areas
1947-1963 - McIntire Bus Lines
Peabody
electric railways and replacement bus lines
also connected with adjoining areas
1933-1959 - Hudson Bus Lines
1959-1976 - Lynnfield Community
Burlington
1931-1952 - Holland Brothers Bus Line
1952-1971 - Vocell Bus Co.
Lynnfield
1918-1976 - Lynnfield Community
North Reading
1925-1939 - Mason's Bus Line
1939-1952 - Lane's Bus Service
1952-1963 - McIntire Bus Lines
Winthrop
1928-1940 - Boston Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
1940-1991 - Rapid Transit Inc.