MBTA plans meeting on future of Mattapan trolley line

MBTA officials are hosting a virtual meeting on the future of the Mattapan trolley line on Tuesday, June 20.

The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. and runs until 8 p.m. Staffers are expected to provide an update on planned improvements and upgrades to the line.

The trolley line runs through Dorchester, Milton and Mattapan, carrying 6,600 customers across eight stations between Ashmont-Peabody Square and Mattapan Square.

The MBTA is seeking to modernize both the stations and the vehicles over the next eight to 10 years, and make the stations closer in appearance to the ones on the Green Line, which runs through Boston, Brookline and Somerville. The trolleys will be taken out of the service, replaced by light rail vehicles that can be seen running on the Green Line.

Platforms will be raised by 14 inches in order to accommodate the height of the light rail vehicles, according to the T.


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