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Many of these facilities are former streetcar carhouses that were gradually converted to trackless trolley and bus use, although some like Southampton (built 2004) are of recent construction. Of the former streetcar carhouses, only Arborway and Watertown were Green Line yards during part of the MBTA era. Everett was an Orange Line yard until 1975.
The MBTA began planning for transit-oriented development at Riverside by the 1980s. [10] In October 1997, Riverside was identified as a possible site for a parking garage, but this was not pursued. [11] On February 12, 2009, the MBTA authorized an 85-year lease of a portion of the Riverside parking lots for a mixed-use development.
Car 3879 was stored out of service at the Riverside yard until January 2013, when it was repaired and permanently moved to the MBTA training facility at Broadway, where it is in use training employees and first responders. In October 2016, the Boston Globe reported that the MBTA Green Line had the most derailments in the nation due to the Type ...
A new maintenance facility at Riverside was opened on July 12, 1976, to serve the new LRV fleet. [15] The MBTA's first LRVs operated on the D branch on December 30, 1976. The downtown terminal was changed several times in 1976–77; PCCs and LRVs sometimes used different terminals (as LRVs could use stub-end tracks, while PCCs required a loop).
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.
This is a list of MBTA subway stations in Boston and surrounding municipalities. All stations are operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority . This list includes all rapid transit , light rail , and bus rapid transit (BRT) stations currently open on the MBTA's subway system.
The MBTA operates several large park and ride facilities on its subway and commuter rail lines, close to major highways, providing access to downtown. While most of these tend to fill up with commuters on weekday mornings, they provide a good place for visitors to leave their cars and see the city without parking hassles on evenings and weekends.
Customers parking in MBTA-owned and operated lots with existing cash "honor boxes" can pay for parking online or via phone while in their cars or once they board a train, bus, or commuter boat. [ 79 ] [ 80 ] As of February 2014 [update] , the MBTA switched from ParkMobile to PayByPhone as its provider for mobile parking payments by smartphone ...