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The Red Line is a rapid transit line operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) as part of the MBTA subway system. The line runs south and east underground from Alewife station in North Cambridge through Somerville and Cambridge, surfacing to cross the Longfellow Bridge then returning to tunnels under Downtown Boston.
Alewife station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) intermodal transit station in the North Cambridge neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the northwest terminal of the rapid transit Red Line (part of the MBTA subway system) and a hub for several MBTA bus routes.
south of Harvard Square, Cambridge Harvard-based streetcar and trackless trolley routes maintenance and storage 1970; Eliot Shops closed Eliot Shops south of Harvard Square, Cambridge Red Line (also Blue Line from 1924–1952) maintenance and storage 1970; redevelopment Fitchburg Layover east of Fitchburg: Fitchburg Line: layover/storage
The MBTA is in the process of replacing its entire fleet of Red Line and Orange Line cars, which are over 40 years old, as of 2024. [14] The Blue Line cars were replaced in 2008. The Green Line has a variety of vehicles, some dating back to 1986, with the latest batch delivered in 2019.
The artwork in 1985. Untitled was created as a part of the MBTA and the Cambridge Arts Council's Arts on the Line program. This first of its kind program was devised to bring art into the MBTA's planned Northwest Extension of the Red Line subway stations in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and became a model for similar drives for public art across the country. [7]
Central station (also called Central Square station) is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) rapid transit station in Cambridge, Massachusetts.It serves the Red Line and has a street-level terminal for the MBTA bus system.
Map of the trails and Red Line reuse of the Fitchburg Cutoff alignment. As part of the Red Line extension, the 1.3-mile (2.1 km) Alewife Linear Park rail trail was constructed from Alewife to Davis, opening in 1985. [43] [44] Except for a short section near Alewife station, it follows the former railroad route.
By the mid-1970s, the rise of Kendall Square as a major employment center, the coming of the Red Line extension to Alewife, and increased traffic to and from Logan Airport created enough demand to justify a direct connection between the Red and Blue lines. A 1974 state plan again proposed an extension to Park Street, while the 1978 and 1983 ...