Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
The Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway was a streetcar and later bus company in eastern Massachusetts, serving most suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. it was known as the Bay State Street Railway until 1919. It was acquired by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, which still runs some of its routes, in 1968.The Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway, and previously the Bay State Street Railway, ran direct or indirect interurban services from Boston to these cities.
- Revere
- Lynn
- Salem
- Reading
- Lowell
- Lawrence
- Haverhill
- Brockton
- Taunton
- Fall River
- Nashua, New Hampshire service ended in 1919
- Newport, Rhode Island service ended in 1919
BERy connection points
The Eastern Mass connected to the Boston Elevated Railway system at many points; through service continued along BERy trackage at some.
- Neponset
- Milton Lower Mills
- Mattapan
- Forest Hills - the Hyde Park division was leased to the BERy ca. 1930, unifying routes across Forest Hills but creating other connection points.
- Arlington Heights
- West Medford
- Middlesex Fells
- Malden Center
- Charlestown
- Chelsea - the Chelsea division was sold to the BERy in 1936, unifying routes across Charlestown and Chelsea but creating other connection points.
- Suffolk Downs
- Fields Corner
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.
