Green Line Medford: The MBTA “expects to have a date for the start of service by the end of the week,” spokesman Joe Pesaturo wrote in an email Tuesday.

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The MBTA said last August that the new Medford branch of the Green Line would open in late November. Halfway into the month, there’s still no word on when service begins.

The MBTA “expects to have a date for the start of service by the end of the week,” spokesman Joe Pesaturo wrote in an email Tuesday. He did not say whether that start date was expected to come before the end of the month.

The line was originally slated to start carrying passengers in December 2021, but that date has been repeatedly pushed back. Once completed, the new line is planned to accommodate more than 50,000 riders daily.

 

A new train that is part of the Green Line Extension traveled to Union Square in Somerville.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff