| | Newton Transportation Guide: The Green Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | The Highland Branch was electrified at some point and operated daily electric freight and express passenger service via the Highland Branch and to Framingham and Worcester, until the Commonwealth Avenue power station was shut down for good in 1930. |
 | | Conversion to trolleys - The Riverside Line is born: At a time when trolley lines all over the country were being shut down forever, the Riverside line, later to be known as the D line, began service -- and was an unqualified success. |
 | | The Watertown line, which ran from Brighton to Newton Corner (then Nonantum Sq, and the original location of Mt. Ida College and the old Newton Library) from the late 19th century, and to the Watertown Car Yard shortly thereafter, became the "A" line. |
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