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Christian MilNeil

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

Accessibility

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

A full-size mockup of a Green Line train sits behind an American flag under a white tent. On a ramp to the left, people wait to enter the doors of the mockup.

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Photos: The MBTA’s New Green Line Train, Arriving 2027

A rendering of a large mixed-use development consisting of several multi-story buildings. In the left foreground is a golf course; in the bottom-right corner is the Riverside MBTA Green Line station, and in the upper right is a large rail yard for Green Line trains.

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Housing

New Plans for Riverside Green Line Station Call for More Housing, Less Parking

A diversion diagram for the Green Line B branch, illustrated as a horizontal line, with Boston College on the left and Kenmore to the right, with an arrow pointing further right labelled "Park St & north". A black dotted line connects stations between Boston College and Babcock St., representing suspended streetcar service. A solid green line, representing active service, connects Babcock St. to Kenmore to the right. Red octagons with white Xs mark the Allston St., Griggs St. and Packards Corner stations where there will be no shuttle service.

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T Suspends B Branch Service Along Commonwealth Ave. ‘Til August 11

A cropped view of the MBTA rapid transit map showing the B and C branches of the Green Line, with the following stations highlighted in red: on the B branch from left (west) to right: South St., Chestnut Hill Ave., Chiswick Rd., Sutherland Rd., and Packard's Corner; on the C branch, from left (west) to right: Englewood ave., Dean Rd., Tappan St., Fairbanks St., Brandon Hall, Summit Ave., St. Paul St., Kent St., Hawes St.

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Washington Pledges $68 Million for Green Line Accessibility Upgrades

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

Huntington Ave. Redesign Will Eliminate Last Mixed-Traffic Segment of the Green Line By 2027

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Meghan Volcy

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MBTA Announces Spring Service Changes

A sidewalk under construction with as asphalt bike path running down the middle. In the distance a new high-rise building rises behind a construction fence.

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Protected bike lanes

Eyes On the Street: In Back Bay, A New Transit Plaza Takes Shape Over the Turnpike

Workers in neon yellow vests work among rail tracks in a wide tunnel under bright electric lights.

Workers repair and replace Green Line tracks in the tunnel near Arlington Street. Courtesy of the MBTA.

The T Fixed Dozens of Green Line Slow Zones. Why Is It So Hard to Notice the Difference?

An animation shows how numerous speed restrictions were removed from the central segment of the Green Line between Jan. 3, 2024 and Jan. 29, when the line reopened after an extended closure for track work. The first frame for Jan. 3 shows a dense cluster of speed restriction icons in the center of the Green Line between Kenmore Square and North Station. The second frame, showing the same map on Jan. 29, shows significantly fewer speed restriction icons.

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January Closure Fixes 16 More Slow Zones on the Green Line

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