New Green Line Train Hits The Track For Testing: MBTA

NEWTON, MA — They're coming. New Green Line train cars are so close you can almost see them on the tracks. Well, last night one did take to the track.

Check out the new Green Line cars. Overnight one of the fancy new cars took to the track at Riverside. MBTA engineers are collecting data as part of the testing phase.

This comes after the MBTA announced it has plans to develop a longer Green Line train that can carry more passengers as a way to double capacity, update old infrastructure and make the train line more accessible and efficient.

MBTA officials told the Fiscal and Management Control Board Monday that if everything went as planned, new trains would start arriving in 2028 for the estimated $3.5 billion Green Line update project.
Some $1 billion is already accounted for in the current funding plan, but the MBTA will still have to figure out how to get the rest of the funds in the coming years. They'll also face the same challenges the T has always faced when it comes to updating the Green Line: old infrastructure from the tight curves to space allotted for the cars to pass one another.

Previously on Patch:

Green Line Cars To Get A Futuristic Redesign: MBTA

Photo at top courtesy MBTA