‘It’s finally here’: Green Line Extension’s Medford branch opens to a crush of excited riders By Daniel Kool Globe Correspondent,Updated December 12, 2022, 3 minutes ago

 

‘It’s finally here’: Green Line Extension’s Medford branch opens to a crush of excited riders

By Daniel Kool  

Hundreds of excited riders showed up on this chilly Monday morning to catch the first trains at the long-awaited opening of the Green Line Extension’s Medford branch.

A packed E Line train pulled away from College Avenue Station, also referred to as Medford/Tufts, at 4:52 a.m., carrying dozens of excited riders. The train left a couple of minutes behind schedule, delayed only by the crowd’s struggles to stay off the yellow line.

MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak joined GLX program manager John Dalton and Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne outside the station around 4:37 a.m. At that time, more than 200 were gathered in the area, Dalton said.

 

 

Globe Correspondent,Updated December 12, 2022, 3 minutes ago