GREEN LINE OPENS! Official ceremony at Lechmere
Speeches amidst the glorious rumble of trains overhead.
GREEN LINE OPENS! Celebratory ride from new Union Square station
The STEP crew is beyond overjoyed at the opening of Phase 1 of the Green Line Extension today. A few of us joined present and former mayors and a crowd of many others who helped make the Green Line a reality over so many years. THE TRAINS ARE RUNNING, SOMERVILLE! https://youtu.be/bTvLxH51XxI The station from Prospect St bridge. Station entrance with the…
Green Line extension phase 1 opens March 21!
"Green Line extension to Union Square will open March 21, MBTA says" (Boston Globe) New stations at Lechmere and Union Square will welcome passengers that day, marking a major milestone for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, which has been discussing extending the Green Line for decades. “It’s a really proud moment for the T, a really important moment for the region,…
The Green Line Extension starts to open next month, Somerville!
"And now . . . the Green Line Extension. For real, this time, the T promises." (Boston Globe) "...more than three decades after the state first promised to extend the Green Line as environmental mitigation for the Big Dig, test trains are gliding along the tracks between North Station and Union Square ahead of a planned opening of the project’s first…
Gov. Baker and our Mayor(s) test out the Green Line Extension
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pti746ZAtbs "Baker goes on GLX joyride" (CommonWealth Magazine) Somerville mayor-elect Katjana Ballantyne, who joined current Mayor Joseph Curtatone at the press availability at the new Lechmere stop in Cambridge, also provided a preview of what is likely to become a common refrain as the Green Line extension opens: How come it took so long? Ballantyne took out a copy of the…
Green Line test trains are running!
Here's a test run into the new Union Square station. The Green Line is coming soon!
Union Square Green Line opening delayed until March
Frustrating news: The Union Square station, previously delayed to open in December, will now open in March. From a press release: “Senior MBTA and GLX leadership are working closely with GLXC to bring this project to fruition on this updated timetable,” said MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak. “We’re strongly committed to GLX and very close to safely bringing extended Green Line…
Big infrastructure projects such as the Green Line cost more than they should
"Why does it cost so much to build things in America?" (Vox) "The 4.3-mile [Green Line] light rail project was estimated to cost $1.12 billion in 2012 — by 2015, that number had nearly tripled. The researchers were able to identify a few reasons for what happened to the Green Line: Jockeying between two different understaffed agencies with little experience managing…