. Electric railway journal . BOSTON STATION IMPROVEMENTS—INCLINE IN CAMBRIDGE STREET AT WESTERLY END OF THE EAST BOSTON TUNNEL EXTENSION 262 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVIII, No. 7. BOSTON STATION IMPROVEMENTS—BOWDOIN STATION, LOOP AND A THROUGH TRACK, ON EAST BOSTON TUNNEL EXTENSION beneath Boston Harbor to the business district of Bos-ton, and the service that can be rendered to this islandward of the city is limited by the capacity of the tun-nel. So long as Scollay Square remained the westerlyterminus, the capacity of the tunnel was limited to thenumber of single-unit cars per hour th
. Electric railway journal . BOSTON STATION IMPROVEMENTS—INCLINE IN CAMBRIDGE STREET AT WESTERLY END OF THE EAST BOSTON TUNNEL EXTENSION 262 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVIII, No. 7. BOSTON STATION IMPROVEMENTS—BOWDOIN STATION, LOOP AND A THROUGH TRACK, ON EAST BOSTON TUNNEL EXTENSION beneath Boston Harbor to the business district of Bos-ton, and the service that can be rendered to this islandward of the city is limited by the capacity of the tun-nel. So long as Scollay Square remained the westerlyterminus, the capacity of the tunnel was limited to thenumber of single-unit cars per hour that could be op-erated to and turned back on the stub-end tracks atthat point. This number proved to be inadequate forrush-hour service. With the opening of the extension, a number of addi-tional cars was operated but proved hardly sufficient tomeet the increased travel resulting from the abolitionof the tunnel tolls. The tunnel itself, with the improved general railway and indication signal system recentlyinstalled and the Bowdoin Square loop in service, willaccommodate from 125 to 150 units per hour, but on ac-count of street conditions in East Boston a maximum ofeighty cars p
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