At last: the trains have come to Somerville; first new Green Line Station opens https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/medford-transcript/2022/03/22/somerville-transit-riders-welcome-new-green-line-station/9456544002/?utm_source=wickedlocal-Medford%20Transcript%20Thursday%20Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_term=list_article_thumb&utm_content=MASSACHUSETTS-WICKEDLOCAL-NLETTER22 “When I first moved here, I had an apartment near the Lechmere station and this is very exciting,” Penciak said. He dragged a visiting friend from Philadelphia, Daniel Brady, with him to the ceremony. “Dan just came up from Philly, he took a (Philadelphia public transportation) SEPTA train, Amtrak and the Orange Line: never got into a car.”
Former Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone was one rider who worked tirelessly to make the vision a reality and he was up early to catch the first train: “This only happened because the people of Somerville advocated for it,” Curtatone said, acknowledging the residents who pushed for the long-promised train service. “They were the ones who refused to accept anything less.”
Kinga Borondy
Wicked Local
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