Boston and Northern Street Railway

The Boston & Northern Street Railway Company (B&N) was a horse-drawn and electric streetcar railroad operated on the streets of Boston, Massachusetts, and communities to the north.

Founded in 1859 as the Lynn and Boston Railroad (L&B), via lease and merger it became a primary mass transit provider for northeastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

All of the following street railway companies eventually became part of the Bay State, which was later absorbed by the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway (Eastern Mass) in 1919.

Eastern Mass was acquired by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in 1968.

[3] The Lowell, Lawrence & Haverhill Street Railway Company (LL&H) was incorporated 1892, later merged in 1901 into the B&N.