User:Pi.1415926535/Open questions

This is a list of open questions that I have found in my transit research. They vary greatly: some are attempting to narrow down to a month or day; others have a possible range of years. Some may be answered with a single dated source; others are probably just the tip of the iceberg. Any clues to these, even anecdotal, are welcomed.

MBTA Commuter Rail

Newburyport/Rockport Line

When during the 1980s did most stations become accessible?
When was West Beach replaced with Beverly Farms? (circa 1879)
When exactly around 1852-55 was Beverly Depot relocated? Was the station moved?

Haverhill Line

When was Haverhill station made accessible? (circa 2000)
When were Bradford, Lawrence, Andover, and Ballardvale finished? When was Reading? (early 90s) How was Lawrence accessible?
When in June 1976 was the final Haverhill trip? ~~Did Ballardvale and Shawsheen last until April 1976?~~ Yes

Lowell Line

When exactly did Milk Row open? (tertiary sources variously say 1835 and 1842; more likely late 1840s)
When did ~~Gilman Square~~ (February 19, 1937) and Somerville Junction close? (1940s)
When precisely did East Cambridge and Prospect Hill close - upon state ruling, with Fitchburg Cutoff in April, or with High Line in May?
When did Lechmere Warehouse open and close? (1979 and 1997?)
When was North Billerica made accessible? (1998?)
When was Mishawum originally closed? (between 1946 and 1952) When was it made un-accessible? (circa 2007)
When was Lowell Union Station demolished?

Fitchburg Line

How long was Silver Hill closure in 1981?
When was West Concord made accessible? (circa 1991)
When was Brandeis made accessible? (circa 1991?)
What dates were Shirley station opened (May 1981) and rebuilt (1993)?
When was Boxboro closed? (between 1946 and 1950)
When was Willows closed (between 1917 and 1929)
When was Wellington Hill opened? What was the platform/track configuration after the 1908 elevation?

Franklin Line

How long was Plimptonville closure in 1981?
Did Joseph N. Welch actually use Plimptonville?
When were Norwood stations and Norfolk made accessible? (early 90s)
When was Foxboro made accessible? (by 1996)

Providence/Stoughton Line

~~South Attleboro: June 20 or July 30 opening? Very likely the latter.~~ Definitely the latter.
When was Hyde Park station built (~1913) and demolished (1970s?) When was it made accessible?
When was Hebronville closed?
What date in November 1977 was East Foxboro closed?
When was Canton Junction moved? When were overpass and mini-highs added?
When were Canton Center, Stoughton, and Mansfield made accessible? (1980s)
What happened to the North Attleboro Branch streetcar line (Gee Whiz Line) after Attleboro was rebuilt in 1906?
When did Attleboro renovations finish?
When did Roxbury Crossing and Heath Street close? (prior to 1940)

Worcester Line

When was Mill Dam/Brookline Junction replaced with Cottage Farm? (circa 1849-1857) Was it ever a stop again?
~~Were Auburndale and West Newton fully closed in 1981?~~ No, one daily round trip remained for each
When was Framingham finished in 2001?
When was West Natick made accessible? (circa 1993)
~~Did Worcester originally have a mini-high, or was it a longer high from the start?~~ A mini-high at the existing Amtrak station was built in 1994 for MBTA service. A 92-foot platform opened with the renovated Union Station in 2000; it was extended to 355 feet in 2001.

Others

~~Was Back Bay only 2/3 accessible at first?~~ No that was just an error in an MBTA document
When did North Station and South Station accessibility finish? (circa 1991, circa 1989)
When did Acushnet, Assonet, Crystal Springs close?
Was there actually a Cottage Street station near Uphams Corner?
Was Hersey accessibility delayed until the early 1990s?
When did Ferry Street station reopen after 1940?

Green Line

Subway

Was all Lechmere service moved to Kenmore in 1923, or did some Pleasant Street service remain?
Was Symphony closed on Sundays in 1981? How long?
When did Prudential renovation finish?
When were elevators added to North Station elevated?

A Branch

What were A Branch stops - particularly those on Brighton? (Definitely Linden and Harvard; probably Allston, St. Lukes, and Chester too.)
When did through service from Watertown happen? (circa 1912?)

B Branch

When exactly did the Kenmore-Packards Corner and Packards-Union segments open? (May 18, 1896 - but was part open before?)
When was University Road closed? (circa 1975?)
When was Alcorn moved to Babock? (circa 1975?)
When were BU East, BU Central (and others?) rebuilt? Circa 1975?
When were Leamington and Colbourne consolidated into Sutherland? (almost certainly 1980, but citation needed)
When was BC accessibility work started/finished?

C Branch

Did horsecar service ever run west of Coolidge Corner, or did service begin with electrification?
When were Strathmore, Winthrop, and Carlton eliminated, and Summit/Winchester combined? (almost certainly 1982, but citation needed)
When was St Marys, Washington Square, and Cleveland Circle accessibility work finished?

D Branch

When did rebuilt Riverside station open? (between 1995 and 2000)
When were stops initially made accessible?
When precisely did Longwood and BV accessibility finish?

E Branch

What years was Brookline Village-School Street segment operated as a horsecar line? Was there ever a short branch up Harvard Street?
When did Cypress Street branch open? (circa 1888)
What was the initial electrification pattern on Huntington - were all lines except Longwood on August 4, 1894? Was Brigham Circle - Roxbury Crossing also electrified then?
~~When did Cypress Street carhouse open? (circa late 1894)~~ November 1894 per Rollsign
When was Longwood electrified? (circa late 1894) What were service patterns - was it later a shuttle?
When did Forest Hills - Park Street via Columbus service end?
When was Park-South Huntington-Forest Hills through service finally established? (After late 1915, possibly rather later)
When did Brookline Village transfer station open? (circa 1912-1913)
When did Forsyth, Parker, Vancouver, Wigglesworth close? When did Frawley? (probably all 1980, need citation)
When did Back of the Hill open?
When in 2003 did Brigham Circle accessibility finish?

MBTA subway etc

Transfer stations

Did Temple Place entrance to DTX reopen for SL? Was it exit-only before? (Appears it was closed until 2002, then exit-only until around 2007, but needs more citations)
When was Winter entrance to DTX reconfigured?
What times was the Franklin Street entrance to DTX rebuilt? Was it exit-only for a while in the 80s?
Which Park Street headhouses were exit-only, and when? When were they rebuilt?
When was Winter Street Concourse work started/ended? (need citation mostly)
Was Hawley escalator original to DTX?
When did Haymarket and Park Street accessibility work finish?
When did the renovated Haymarket entrance open in the Parcel 7 building? (circa 2000-2001)
When did Exchange Building (53 State) entrance close? (maybe 1981)
Was the City Hall entrance exit-only for a while in the 1980s?

Orange Line

When did Assembly south headhouse open?
When were the Hayward Place and Lagrange Place entrances to Chinatown station closed? (1972?) When was the Essex entrance closed? (1986?)
What service patterns were operated on the Atlantic Avenue El (esp after 1928)?
When did Community College, Sullivan, Wellington, Malden accessibility finish?

Blue Line

Was Wood Island accessibility delayed?
When did south exits (were they ever entrances?) to Maverick closed?
When around 1990 was Wonderland finished? Ramps only?

Red Line

When was Stadium station last used?
What headhouses did Harvard station actually have? When were they closed?
What changes to South Station and when?
What changes to Fields Corner and when?
When precisely did Fields Corner and Shawmut become accessible?
How was Ashmont originally accessible?
When did Quincy Center and North Quincy accessibility work finish?
Were Braintree and Quincy Adams originally accessible, or was that added later?

MBTA Bus

~~When did Lechmere-based bus routes switch to using only the O'Brien Highway busway?~~ After the 2011 closure

Bay Area

BART

When was Oakland West renamed as West Oakland? (1980s)
~~When was Oakland City Center/12th Street renamed as 12th Street Oakland City Center? (circa 2005)~~ Circa 2008, per maps and website
When did Berkeley become Downtown Berkeley? (circa 1995?)
When did Civic Center become Civic Center/UN Plaza? (circa 2005?)

Muni Metro

When was 19th Street station in Dolores Park closed? (with LRVs?)
When were M stops on 19th Ave closed? (With LRVs?) How many were there?
What service patterns has the S Shuttle run, and when?