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Trains 3667 and 3681 were both Green Line trains operating in the westbound direction on the D branch at the time of the accident. [a] At approximately 5:50PM, Train 3681 departed Waban station, and passed signal H-64. Signal H-64 changed to display a single red aspect, to indicate that Train 3681 was directly ahead of it.
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 ...
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 A branch or Watertown Line was a streetcar line in the Boston, Massachusetts, area, operating as a branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line.The line ran from Watertown through Newton Corner, Brighton, and Allston to Kenmore Square, then used the Boylston Street subway and Tremont Street subway to reach Park Street station.
MBTA Kinki Sharyo Type 7 is a type of light rail vehicle owned by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). Since 1986, the MBTA has used the Type 7 on its Green Line light rail network. It is the first rail vehicle for the United States built by Japanese rail vehicle manufacturer Kinki Sharyo. [1] [5] [2] [6]
From 2000 to 2017, buses used a loop - originally built for the Green Line, but never used by revenue trains - at Forest Hills. [49] Whether to restore E branch service to Arborway became controversial; much of Jamaica Plain wanted the line to return, while the MBTA did not wish to resume using the long street-running section. [110]
Boston's central subway is the system of tunnels through which the MBTA Green Line operates light rail transit (LRT or "trolley") service in the urban core of the city. [1] The central subway comprises several tunnels built at different times, including the Tremont Street subway, the Boylston Street subway, and the Huntington Avenue subway.