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    Boston inaugurates GLX phase 1

    2022-03-21T14:41:00Z

    USA: The first phase of Boston’s long-planned Green Line Extension was opened for revenue service on March 21, when light rail trains began running through onto the Union Square branch in Somerville.

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    Boston, USA: urban area rail network map

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    MBTA Commuter Rail

    Boston’s suburban mainline network (11 operating routes, 140 stations) is operated for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority by Keolis. Lines radiate from Boston North northwest to Wachusett, north to Lowell and Haverhill, and northeast to Newburyport and Rockport. Lines from South station run west to Worcester and Needham Heights, southwest ...

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    Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)

    First electric tram line opened 1889. Network now comprises three conventional metro lines with 53 stations, and light rail network with four branches and 80 stops. See Boston network map. Work on extending the light rail Green Line northwest from Lechmere began on June 25 2018. The Union Square branch ...