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A strip map of the MBTA Green Line D branch with a dotted black line representing shuttle service to all stops between Riverside and Kenmore, except Beaconsfield, which is represented as a red X with no shuttle service. A parallel green dashed line represents an express shuttle route between Newton Highlands near the center of the map and Copley on the right edge.

Green Line diversion map October 2025

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Week-Long Green Line D Branch Closure Begins Friday Night

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Christian MilNeil

A rendering of a new bus garage being planned along the Arborway near Forest Hills. The image shows a long, two-story warehouse building with gray brick and windows on the ground floor and green vertically striped siding on the top floor. In the foreground are people walking and biking along the existing Arborway bike path.

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MBTA Projects Get A $850 Million Boost From Fair Share Funds

A white and yellow cargo bike with a large bucket in front of the handlebars is parked at a bike rack in front of a blooming forsythia bush next to a bike path. A logo on the bucket of the bike says "CargoB".

CargoB bike in Arlington on Minuteman Bikeway

Bikesharing

CargoB to Rent Cargo Bikes From Transit Stations In Partnership With MBTA

A green line train stops in the middle of Huntington Ave. while a passenger disembarks in the middle of the roadway while other riders wait under a bus shelter on the sidewalk at left.

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Street Design

Boston, MBTA Plan New Center-Running Transitway On Huntington and South Huntington Avenue

A diagram of the MBTA green line showing closed stations between Kenmore and North Station during a 4-day closure in June 2025. Alternative routes include shuttle buses between Babcock St. and Back Bay station, and the Orange Line between Back Bay and North Station.

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4-Day Green Line Shutdown Begins Wednesday Evening

A map of Brookline and the four branches of the Green Line, with the C branch in the center running from Cleveland Circle at lower left to Kenmore Square at upper right.

C Branch Accessibility Upgrade Plan credit MBTA

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MBTA’s Green Line Accessibility Project Will Consolidate Stops in Brookline

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Meghan Volcy

A diagram of alternative service options during the planned shutdown of the Green Line between Park St. station and Medford/Tufts in Somerville. Pictured are the Orange Line, which has direct transfers to the Green Line at North Station and Haymarket and a short walking connection between Park St. and Downtown Crossing via the Winter St. Concourse, and a dashed line indicating shuttle service to stops between North Station and Medford Tufts. There will be no shuttle service to Union Sq.

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Green Line Extension Takes a 2-Week Break for the Final Subway Shutdown of 2024

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A man runs along a train platform next to a Green Line train.

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Friday Video: Runners Versus the Green Line

Two images side-by-side show a green line train at a platform. The left image is a photo of a train next to a broken, narrow asphalt platform in the median of a multi-lane roadway as a pedestrian crosses in a crosswalk towards it. The right image is a rendering of a wider platform with benches, lights, and wayfinding signage and a fence that protects the platform from the adjacent roadway.

B Branch platforms, current and rendering, credit MBTA and Wikimedia Commons

Here’s the MBTA’s Plan to Make the Green Line B Branch Accessible

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