Special Topics: Engineering Boston

Fact sheets and information on construction projects, as well as timetables, stations, and routes in the Northeast Corridor.

A 15-Year Service Development Plan and Infrastructure Planning Process for the Northeast Corridor

A presentation from the Governor’s Special Panel to Review the MBTA.

A history of this Amtrak station, located beneath TD Garden.

A history of this Amtrak station, located beneath TD Garden.

The history of the city's busiest train and bus station.

The history of the city's busiest train and bus station.

Project planning documents from the Boston Planning and Development Agency.

This 2017 paper from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government "presents rough order-of- magnitude estimates for the capital cost of the North South Rail Link (the “Link”), a proposed infrastructure project to connect the commuter rail and Amtrak lines that currently terminate at Boston’s North and South Stations via underground tunnels."

Historic photographs and drawings of this arduous engineering project which connected Boston to the markets of the West.

Contains contemporary reports on the tunnel's construction and operation.

A brief history of a railway station that closed with the opening of South Station. Contains a photo of the original building.

The South Cove rail yard was situated in an area between present-day South Station and the Seaport.

Routes, schedules, and maps for Boston's rail and subway system.

A study into the economic and engineering practicalities of linking Boston's North and South railway stations.

Provides the cost-benefit summary of a 2024 study performed by Harvard's Kennedy School of Government on a rail link that would connect Boston's North and South Railway Stations.

The official website of the project.

Plans and studies for the expansion of rail capacity for New England's second busiest railway terminal.

This citizen action group advocates for improvements in the Boston and regional mass transit systems.

Some years are missing.

See the Society's online archives for annual reports, freight car data, abandoned rail lines, and bridge drawings.

Provides the history of a railroad company founded in 1830, as well two other rail lines: the Nashua and Lowell, and the Salem and Lowell

The South Cove rail yard was situated in an area between present-day South Station and the Seaport.

A report on the planned route of a railway from East Boston to the New Hampshire border.