Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

public transit operator in the Boston metropolitan area
Organization transport_company Q171985
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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Summary

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is a transport company[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of transport_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (449 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is located in Greater Boston[3].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is in the country of United States[4].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's instance of is recorded as transport company[5].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's instance of is recorded as public transport network[6].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's logo image is recorded as MBTA.svg[7].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's headquarters location is recorded as Boston[8].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132495559[9].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50072489[10].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Commons category is recorded as Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority[11].
  • +1964-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority[12].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04_r1[13].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's official website is recorded as https://www.mbta.com[14].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority[15].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Legal Entity Identifier is recorded as 549300D2U0XBUXGX8P68[16].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's legal form is recorded as Q130264549[17].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's date of official opening is recorded as +1897-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's owner of is recorded as Maverick station[19].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's owner of is recorded as Orange Line[20].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's owner of is recorded as Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line[21].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's owner of is recorded as Green Line B branch[22].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's owner of is recorded as Courthouse station[23].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's owner of is recorded as Kingston station[24].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's owner of is recorded as Halifax station[25].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's owner of is recorded as hardpoint[26].
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's owner of is recorded as Forest Hills station[27].

Body

Founding

+1964-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority[12].

Operations

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's headquarters location is recorded as Boston[8].

Why It Matters

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ranks in the top 1% of transport_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (449 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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