Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Green Line is a light rail system run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in the Boston, Massachusetts metropolitan area. It is the oldest Boston subway line, which is known locally as the 'T'. It runs underground downtown and on the surface in outlying areas. With a daily weekday ridership of 221,900, it is the most heavily-used light rail line in the country. The line was assigned the green color in 1967 because segments of it pass near an area called the Emerald Necklace of Boston.The four branches are the remnants of a large streetcar system, begun in 1856 with the Cambridge Horse Railroad, which reached its peak in the first three decades of the twentieth century. The Tremont Street Subway – the oldest subway tunnel in North America – and several connecting tunnels carry cars of all branches under downtown. The Tremont Street Subway opened in stages between September 1, 1897, and September 3, 1898, to take streetcars off streets.. }
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- Green_Line_(MBTA) abstract "The Green Line is a light rail system run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in the Boston, Massachusetts metropolitan area. It is the oldest Boston subway line, which is known locally as the 'T'. It runs underground downtown and on the surface in outlying areas. With a daily weekday ridership of 221,900, it is the most heavily-used light rail line in the country. The line was assigned the green color in 1967 because segments of it pass near an area called the Emerald Necklace of Boston.The four branches are the remnants of a large streetcar system, begun in 1856 with the Cambridge Horse Railroad, which reached its peak in the first three decades of the twentieth century. The Tremont Street Subway – the oldest subway tunnel in North America – and several connecting tunnels carry cars of all branches under downtown. The Tremont Street Subway opened in stages between September 1, 1897, and September 3, 1898, to take streetcars off streets.".