USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -While the MBTA has come under fire recently, the agency made a point Thursday to mark a major milestone in Boston’s history: the 125th anniversary of the Tremont Street subway. On Sept. 1, 1897, the Tremont Street subway opened for service and became America’s first-ever subway tunnel, the MBTA tweeted.

Detailed explanation-2: -It’s true! The first subway tunnels built in America are still in use today under the Boston Common, and people still take ferries into the city the way they did all the way back in 1631.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the United States the first practical subway line was constructed in Boston between 1895 and 1897. It was 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long and at first used trolley streetcars, or tramcars.

Detailed explanation-4: -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 MBTA subway line, and with tunnel sections dating from 1897, the oldest subway in North America.

Detailed explanation-5: -The subway is the largest part of Boston’s public transit system, with more than 700, 000 trips each weekday. It is often referred to simply as the T (the “T” from MBTA-the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority).