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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.
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 Green Line Extension (GLX) was a construction project to extend the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line light rail system northwest into Somerville and Medford, two inner suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. The project opened in two phases in 2022 at a total cost of $2.28 billion.
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.
The new LRVs were first used on the line for Northeastern short turns on January 16, 1978; these were extended to Heath Street on April 24. [49] Although the planned road widening never occurred, the MBTA ultimately reconstructed the line for use by the new LRVs as part of other road and sewer work on Huntington Avenue. [103]
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. [2] 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 ...
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. [94] [93]: 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 at the same site as the ...