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The Mattapan Line (alternatively the Mattapan Trolley and historically the Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line) is a partially grade-separated light rail line which forms part of the MBTA's Red Line rapid transit line. The line, which runs through Boston and Milton, Massachusetts, opened on August 26, 1929, as a conversion of a former commuter ...
The 66 Harvard Square–Nubian Station via Allston route, formerly a trolley line, [70] begins at Nubian Square in Roxbury, and crosses the Southwest Corridor Park at Roxbury Crossing. The route follows Route 39 and the Green Line E branch on a short segment from Brigham Circle to the Boston city limits.
The color-branded lines consist of three heavy rail lines (Red, Orange, and Blue), one branched light rail system , and a short light rail line (the Mattapan Line, colored as part of the Red Line). All except the Ashmont–Mattapan line operate in tunnels in the downtown area, but no route operates entirely underground, and only 31 out of the ...
The subway lines each have one maintenance facility (except for three on the Green Line) and often several other yards used for overnight and midday storage. Tail tracks for temporary storage of trains are also present at Forest Hills (Orange Line) and Wonderland (Blue Line); the Green Line has sidings at Heath Street , Blandford Street , and ...
On December 28, 1985, the Arborway Line was indefinitely replaced by route 39 (Arborway–Copley) bus service due to road construction on Huntington Avenue. This ended PCC streetcar service on the Green Line, though they remained in use on the Mattapan Line. [49]
The never-used Green Line loops and waiting area near the north entrance to Forest Hills were demolished. [28] Route 39 buses, which used the streetcar loops, were permanently rerouted to the upper busway on October 14, 2017. [29] The new headhouse opened on November 6, 2019. [27]
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.
Mission Park station is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line E branch, located on Huntington Avenue in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.. The station is located on a street running segment of the E branch; trains run in mixed traffic rather than a dedicated median.