The MBTA's Green Line Extension to Medford has officially opened to passengers, after the first train departed just before 5 a.m. Monday.
"It’s just such a positive thing for the community," Mayor Breanna Lungo Koehn said."You’re also going to see a number of developers that are going to want to build housing. And people want to live and work near transit. So you’re going to see a great amount of development in and around this district."
Some Tufts students even woke up early Monday, braving the cold and snow, to experience the first trips aboard the extended line. “We were originally weren’t going to come but we decided why not, it will be fun," one student said."We’re really excited.”The Community Action Agency of Somerville has planned a community march Monday morning, intended to draw attention to increased gentrification and displacement along the extension.
The first branch of the Green Line extension opened back in March, which added service from Lechmere to Union Square in Somerville. The MBTA said it expects the project to greatly reduce vehicle emissions on the road, by supporting an increased ridership of 50,000 riders per day.
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