Washington Street Elevated

Washington Street Elevated
An Orange Line train arriving at Forest Hills in June 1967
Overview
Termini	Tower D Forest Hills station
Stations	6
Service
System	MBTA Orange Line
History
Opened	June 10, 1901 (Dover-Dudley)[1] November 22, 1909 (Egleston-Forest Hills)[1]
Closed	April 30, 1987[1]
Technical
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Legend Washington Street Subway 1908-1987 Atlantic Avenue Elevated 1901-1938 Tremont Street Subway 1901-1908 Pleasant Street closed 1908 Tower D Dover Northampton Dudley Square Egleston Green Street Green Line E branch Arborway closed 1985 Forest Hills This diagram: view talk edit

The Washington Street Elevated was an elevated segment of Boston's Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority subway system, comprising the southern stretch of the Orange Line. It ran from Chinatown through the South End and Roxbury, ending in Forest Hills in Jamaica Plain, Boston.