Metropolitan Railroad (Boston)
| Founded | May 21, 1853 |
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| Defunct | November 12, 1887 |
| Fate | Consolidated |
| Successor | West End Street Railway |
| Headquarters | 16 Kilby Street, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Area served | Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, West Roxbury, East Boston, Brookline, Milton, & Chelsea |
Key people | Calvin A. Richards (president, 1874–1887) |
| Revenue | $2,200,248.02 (FY 1887) |
| $338,817.81 (FY 1887) | |
Number of employees | 1,733 (FY 1887) |
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Metropolitan Railroad was an early street railway in the Greater Boston, Massachusetts area. Formed in 1853 to provide horsecar service between Boston and Roxbury, it quickly expanded to become the largest railway company in the region, with operations over more than ninety miles of track and an annual ridership of over forty-two million passengers per year. It ended operations in 1887 as a result of the consolidation plan which united nearly all Boston streetcar lines into West End Street Railway.