Boston, Van Riemsdijk

Boston Boſton
City-Province
Country	The Furbish Islands
Region	Van Riemsdijk
Lowest elevation (Boston Bay)	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020)
• City-Province	10,293,469
• Rank	1st (province and city)
• Metro	18,412,991 (1st)
Demonym	Bostonian
Website	boston.gov.fe

Boston is the most populous city of The Furbish Islands.

Boston is informally known as the capital of The Furbish Islands, though most government buildings are in the Capital District, a federal district which is an enclave inside Boston.

Etymology

Boston is named after Boston, Fluvannia, the hometown of the first proprietor of the Boston Bay colony.

Transportation

Public transport

Most public transport is operated by the Boston Public Transportation Group (BPTG), a company owned by the Boston City-Province and Bay Area Public Transport Authority (BAPTA).

The Boston Metro has XXX lines serving XXX stations and a total of XXX miles (XXX km) of track, making it the largest metro system in the world by length and number of stations. The first line was opened in XXX between XXX and XXX, making the system the oldest in The Furbish Islands and one of the oldest in the world. It was built up by seven private companies. They were bought out by the city in 1930 and though they technically exist today and continue to operate their own lines, in practice they operate as one company under the Boston Metro Company, which is owned by BPTG.

Rail

Boston is served by seven main train stations at the city center:

• Alewife Street Station is the fourth busiest station and the only station in the west of the city center. It was built to replace the termini of several railroads in the area. It is the terminus for intercity, regional, and suburban services mainly going west and north of Boston.
• McIntire Station is the second busiest station lies in the north of the city center, just east of the Capital District. It was built by the Army Railroad Company, which later became the Furbish Railroad Company. It is the terminus for intercity and regional trains going north, east, and west, and the Boston–Noorderstein High-Speed Railway.
• Tremont Street Station is the fifth busiest station and lies in the north of the city center on the intersections of Lowell Street and Tremont Street, slightly south of the Capital District. It was built by the Boston Northern Railroad and is the terminus for some intercity and regional services.
• Lowell Street Station is the third busiest station and lies across the street from Tremont Street Station, confusingly also on the intersection of Lowell Street and Tremont Street. It was built by the Boston Northern Railroad's rival, North Isla Sin Valor and Boston Railroad and is the terminus for some regional and intercity services.
• South Harvard Station is the second least busy station and lies in the northeast of the city center. It was built by the Boston and Noorderstein Railroad. Currently it is the terminus for some suburban, regional, and intercity services, including from some open-access operators due to lower fees.
• Van Riemsdijk Station is the least busy station and lies in the east of the city center, believed to be on the point where van Riemsdijk ordered the bayonet charge that turned the ride of the Battle of Boston. It was built by the Boston and West Railroad, and mainly used by suburban rail services, as well as some intercity open-access operators due to lower fees.
• Bedford Station is the busiest station and lies in the southeast of the city center. Originally the terminus of the Bedford and Boston Railroad, it was later purchased by the Trans-Van Riemsdijk Railroad, which made it their main Boston terminus. It is one of the western termini of the Grand Central High-Speed Railway, as well as the terminus for regional and intercity trains going east and south.

All stations were originally termini, however since 2002, lower levels of through tracks were built at Alewife Street, Bedford, McIntire Stations, which were connected by the Boston Underground High-Speed Junction, allowing high-speed trains to travel through Boston. Since 2005, the Boston Underground Conventional Junction opened to allow conventional trains through.