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Schematic map of Green Line branches and stations. The Green Line's core is the central subway, a group of tunnels which run through downtown Boston. [10] The Tremont Street subway runs roughly north–south through downtown, with stations at Boylston, Park Street, Government Center, Haymarket, and North Station – all with connections to other lines of the MBTA subway system.
To operate service on the Green Line Extension, the MBTA ordered 24 Type 9 cars from the American branch of Spanish firm Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles. The order was placed in 2014, and the cars began service in late 2018, ahead of the 2022 opening of the Green Line Extension. The MBTA was satisfied with the Type 9 cars, which were ...
The Green Line is one of the most-used light rail systems in the United States, serving over 101,000 passengers per day in 2023. [1] The state of Massachusetts committed to extending the Green Line in 1991, as part of a settlement related to the impacts of the Big Dig, but construction work on the Green Line Extension did not begin until 2012 ...
Stylized map of the Boston subway system from 2013. The map does not reflect changes since, including the 2014 opening of Assembly station, the 2018 start of SL3 service, and the 2022 opening of the Green Line Extension. This is a list of MBTA subway stations in Boston and surrounding municipalities.
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.
Commuters wait for an arriving train on the platform of the new Lechmere station in Cambridge during the opening MBTA Green Line Extension on Monday, March 21, 2022.
Alternatives recommended for further evaluation included a Green Line extension to Tufts, a Green Line extension to Union Square, and a busway to Tufts and Davis. [46] [45]: 308 Later in the 1980s, the MBTA made plans to relocate Lechmere station as a precursor to an extension. A new elevated station would be located on the east side of the O ...
Healey made the announcement on the pathway to the new Green Line Extension to Union Square in Somerville, where a private/public partnership has created 450 new housing units, 90 of them set ...