The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority uses a number of yards and facilities for maintenance and storage of its road and rail fleets.
Active yards
Bus
Location of MBTA bus facilities
1
Albany Street Garage
2
Arborway Yard
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Cabot Garage
4
Charlestown and Somerville
5
Everett Shops
6
Fellsway Garage
7
Lynn Garage
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North Cambridge Carhouse
9
Quincy Garage
10
Southampton
11
Watertown Yard
Many of these facilities are former streetcar carhouses that were gradually converted to trackless trolley and bus use, although some like Southampton (built 2004) are of recent construction. Of the former streetcar carhouses, only Arborway and Watertown were Green Line yards during part of the MBTA era. Everett was an Orange Line yard until 1975.
Subway
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3miles
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Location of MBTA subway yards
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Alewife Yard
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Bowdoin Yard
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Cabot Yard
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Caddigan Yard
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Codman Yard
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GLX VMF
7
Lake Street Yard
8
Mattapan Yard
9
North Station Yard
10
Orient Heights Yard
11
Reservoir Yard
12
Riverside Yard
13
Wellington Yard
The subway lines each have one maintenance facility (except for three on the Green Line) and often several other yards used for overnight and midday storage. Tail tracks for temporary storage of trains are also present at Forest Hills (Orange Line) and Wonderland (Blue Line); the Green Line has sidings at Heath Street, Blandford Street, and Northeastern University.
Commuter rail
All MBTA Commuter Rail lines except the Lowell Line have a dedicated layover near the end of the line
|trainsets to be stored overnight. Some provide ground power and other facilities; others are simply several yard tracks off the mainline. The MBTA has one heavy maintenance facility on the northside, plus two light maintenance facilities on the southside. Equipment is transferred between the two sides via the Grand Junction Railroad.
30km
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Location of MBTA Commuter Rail facilities
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Bradford Layover
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Franklin Layover
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Greenbush Layover
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Kingston Layover
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MBTA Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility
6
Middleboro Layover
7
Needham Layover
8
Newburyport Layover
9
Pawtucket Layover
10
Readville Interim Repair Facility
11
Rochester Maintenance Facility
12
Rockport Layover
13
Southampton Street Yard
14
Stoughton Layover
15
West Cambridge Maintenance Facility
16
Westminster Layover
17
Worcester Layover
Future yards
Location of future MBTA yards
1
Beacon Park Yard
2
Quincy Bus Maintenance Facility
3
Wamsutta Layover
4
Weaver's Cove Layover
5
Widett Circle
Former yards
Location of former MBTA Commuter Rail yards
1
Attleboro Layover
2
Fitchburg Layover
3
Haverhill Layover
4
Ipswich Layover
Location of former MBTA subway and bus yards (including subway yards converted to bus facilities)
1
Arborway Yard
2
Bennett Carhouse and Eliot Shops
3
Everett Shops
4
Forest Hills Shops
5
Lechmere Yard
6
Sullivan Square Shops
7
Watertown Yard
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
- ^ "Executive Summary" (PDF). South Side Maintenance and Layover Facility EENF. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. November 2022.
- ^ "Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority FY23-27 Capital Investment Plan (CIP): Proposed" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. March 2022.
- ^ "MBTA Wachusett Commuter Rail Extension Project". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Allston Multimodal Project Fact Sheet". Massachusetts Department of Transportation. 2021.
- ^ "Quincy Bus Maintenance Facility Project Update" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. December 2022.
- ^ a b Medeiros, Dan (September 29, 2023). "South Coast Rail passenger service is being delayed. Here's why, explained in 60 seconds". The Herald News. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023.
- ^ Henderson, Richard (December 15, 2022). "Widett Circle Acquisition" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
- ^ "MBTA Seeks to Purchase Widett Circle Property for Commuter Rail Layover Yard" (Press release). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. December 15, 2022.
- ^ "MBTA completes purchase of land for new commuter yard". Trains News Wire. April 12, 2023.
External links
Media related to MBTA yards at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to MBTA yards at Wikimedia Commons