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A Somerville, Massachusetts, man says that he was the victim of a hate crime while riding the MBTA Green Line, when a stranger sucker punched him in the forehead and made a homophobic remark. Twenty-five-year-old Jack Calos was on his way to work last Tuesday, listening to music on the Green Line after boarding at North Station. He said he…

The MBTA wants to hear from you as it designs the next iteration of its Green Line train cars. The transportation agency has an open survey, where the public can cast their vote for their favorite of three proposed paint schemes for the future Green Line Type 10 car. The poll is open through Oct. 9. The first option features…

Along the Green Line Extension, which extended the trolley line north of Lechmere via two branches to Union Square and Medford, slow zones are making for speeds as slow as 3 miles per hour for more than a cumulative mile, according to the Boston Globe. The reason for the new slow zones — 11 on the Medford branch and three…

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced shuttle buses to support travel needs of Fluff Festival attendees in Somerville between two Green Line locations. 3 shuttle buses will operate between East Somerville Station on the Medford Branch of the Green Line and Union Square plaza to accommodate attendees between the hours of 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The shuttle buses will…

Some riders were unprepared for the closed gates at the Union Square T stop Monday. Service is suspended as crews make repairs to the Squires Bridge.

The MBTA announced on Wednesday that work on the Squires Bridge that will cause the Green Line Extension to close for 25 days will begin on Sept. 18. The work was originally supposed to take place in July and August but was pushed back. The bridge goes through Route 28/McGrath Highway over the Union Branch of the Green Line, the…

The 12-day closure of the MBTA’s B Branch of the Green Line will begin on Monday, as crews work to make major repairs on the important transit line that connects Boston University, Allston, Brighton and Boston College. The B Branch will be replaced with shuttle service until next Friday — July 28. The B Branch is the northernmost offshoot of…

A planned closure to part of the Green Line has been put off until September, after officials apparently reconsidered the timing of the project amid the Sumner Tunnel shut down. The Green Line was to have service suspended between Lechmere and Union Square from July 18 until Aug. 28, but a spokesperson for the governor’s office said on Wednesday that…

The section of railway is relatively new, but already critical to people who live and work along the route.

A bridge repair project that would have shut down one of the newest sections of the MBTA for much of the summer has been delayed until September, the office of Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said Wednesday. Repair work on the Squires Bridge was set to begin on July 18 and last until Aug. 28, during which time rail service on…

It has only been open for a little more than a year, but the MBTA is gearing up to shut down part of its new Green Line extension for six weeks next month. Starting July 18, service will be suspended between Union Square and Lechmere for 42 days. The closure has nothing to do with the tracks and is instead…

That MBTA has seen its share of service interruptions the last couple of years and next month will bring more. Orange and Green line service changes will take place in the downtown Boston area all day for 12 days, from July 29 to Aug. 9, the T announced Thursday. Service on the Green Line between North Station and Government Center will...

Transportation officials said shortly after 6 a.m. that the fatal crash was leading to lane closures on the southbound side of the interstate near Exit 21.

Service along the Green Line’s B Branch has returned to normal, after the trolley derailment that happened Monday at Packard’s Corner in Allston. At the start of service on Tuesday, shuttle buses were to operate between the Kenmore and Washington Street stops of the Green Line’s B Branch to allow crews to work on the issue at Packard’s Corner,...

Five months after the T slowed trains across its system, causing delays and disruptions for riders, the new general manager said Thursday that the MBTA has made “some further progress” on lifting the slow zones, but “we have a lot more to do.” Across all four subway lines, the MBTA lifted 66 speed restrictions in April and May. The restrictions…