Green Line

To see what our light rail stops could feel like, come along on a photographic tour of a few other Green Line stops!
Beaconsfield

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“Getting the facts”
While there was hardly a consensus reached for a concrete plan among the 100-plus residents who gathered at the McGlynn Elementary School on Nov. 15 for an informational meeting on the proposed Green Line Extension, most of the city’s officials agreed the gathering was an important first step.

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The deadline for submitting comments on the Green Line Expanded Environmental Notification Form (EENF) has been extended to Friday, November 24. Please take a moment to send your feedback on this important planning period. Learn more about the issues and where to send emails or letters.

"Letter: Green Line Extension update" "The time for the Medford community to get involved in the project is NOW, and the Medford Green Line Neighborhood Alliance (MGNA) is here to help."

"Letter: Tufts in support of Green Line, clarification needed on column" "President Bacow wrote a letter supporting the Green Line extension and describing the benefits of locating a stop near Tufts."

The Medford Green Line Neighborhood Alliance (MGNA) has initiated a petition drive to ask that the Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation (MEOT) enlarge a target area it will study over the coming year to determine the feasibility of extending the Green Line into Medford. As you may know, that area now ends just beyond Tufts. Over the past nine months MGNA…

Letter: "Time to let the public in on Green Line extension plans" "RAGE against the Green Line"

“The train comes to NorthPoint”
Ground is being broken on the second phase of a massive project that includes a $70 million Green Line station to replace the Lechmere stop.

An artist’s drawing of the new glass-and-steel NorthPoint at Lechmere Green Line stop.

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“Interest high in T line extension”
For a project that won’t be up and running for at least another eight years, the proposed extension of the MBTA’s Green Line from Lechmere can sure draw a crowd.
More than 200 residents of Somerville and Medford turned out for a meeting on Monday that signified the launch of an environmental review of the undertaking, which would extend trolley service to the Medford hillside.

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"Everyone on board" "A recent announcement for plans to extend the Green Line into Somerville and the Hillside area of Medford has been greeted favorably by many, unlike last year when designs for the line to reach West Medford were met with a chorus of no's....Mayor Michael J. McGlynn, along with city councilors and neighborhood organizations, are asking the MBTA to…