Items Tagged with 'Green Line'

A plan to repair 4.4 miles of defective tracks is under review.   

GLX Constructors seeks $35M from the engineering firm over claimed design errors on the $2.3-billion light rail project extension. 

The first trains on the long-awaited opening of the Green Line Extension’s Medford branch are finally running.

The MBTA reopened the Orange-and-Green line tunnels underneath the massive Government Center garage.

Construction on the $2.3-billion Green Line extension is clanging towards its final stop.

Demolition on the first of three Somerville bridges being rebuilt for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s $2.3-billion Green Line Extension was slated to begin March 23.

Boston transportation officials on May 7 unveiled an estimated $3.5-billion plan for modern Green Line trains that could potentially double the capacity of the nation’s oldest and most heavily traveled light-rail system.

An ongoing Boston Green Line track repair program has reduced derailments, but an aggressive maintenance program, improved safety standards and more investment are critical for avoiding more derailments and other system failures, according to a state transportation oversight report.

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation on Dec. 21 granted the MBTA a $100-million installment of a $1-billion grant for the 4.7-mile light-rail line from Cambridge to Medford.