Bay State Street Railway

The Bay State Street Railway Company was a horse-drawn and electric streetcar railroad operated on the streets of Boston, Massachusetts and communities directly north (stretching into New Hampshire) and south (extending into Rhode Island) of the city.

[1] The Bay State Street Railway Company (Bay State) was formed out of the merger of the Boston and Northern Street Railway (B&N), operating north of Boston, and the Old Colony Street Railway (OC), operating south of Boston.

[2] The Bay State was acquired by Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company on January 15, 1919.

[3] The Old Colony began operations on July 5, 1881 as the Brockton Street Railway Company[4] The corporate name of the company was changed to Old Colony on February 7, 1901.

[5] The B&N was chartered April 6, 1859 by Special Act of Legislature (chapter 202, Acts of 1859) as the Lynn and Boston Railroad Company (L&B), renamed July 23, 1901 to the Boston and Northern Street Railway Company (B&N) under authority of Chapter 360, Acts of 1891.