Projects in Massachusetts
United States · 4 projects
| Project | Agency | Mode | Status | Alignment | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West-East Rail (Compass Rail) | MassDOT | intercity | Funded | Intercity passenger rail on the Boston & Albany corridor, about 150 miles from Boston South Station through Worcester and Springfield to Pittsfield, part of MassDOT's Compass Rail program. Phase 1, the Inland Route, would add two daily Boston–Springfield–New Haven round trips by 2030, with construction starting in 2027. Service west to Pittsfield and Albany is still in federal corridor planning. | Nov 13, 2026 |
| Blue Line Extension to Lynn | MBTA | heavy rail | Proposed | Long-proposed ~4.5-mile extension of the Blue Line from its terminus at Wonderland in Revere to downtown Lynn, most often studied along the Newburyport/Rockport commuter rail right-of-way. The project is dormant, with no funding and no active MBTA study. State and MBTA attention in Lynn has shifted to Lynnway bus lanes and future commuter rail electrification. | Nov 13, 2026 |
| Green Line Extension to Mystic Valley Parkway (Route 16) | MBTA | light rail | On Hold | Proposed ~0.9-mile extension of the Green Line's Medford Branch (E branch) from Medford/Tufts along the Lowell Line commuter rail corridor to one new terminal station at Mystic Valley Parkway (Route 16). Once the second phase of the Green Line Extension, it lost its $190M in regional funding to the main project in 2016. A 2017 redesign entered state environmental review, but the project has had no funding or construction schedule since. | Nov 13, 2026 |
| Red-Blue Connector | MBTA | heavy rail | Env. Review | Proposed ~0.4-mile Blue Line extension in a cut-and-cover tunnel under Cambridge Street from Bowdoin to a new Blue Line platform at Charles/MGH, giving the Blue and Red lines their first direct transfer; Bowdoin station would close. The project is in preliminary engineering and environmental review, and the MBTA's capital plan funds only that planning work, with no construction money. | Nov 13, 2026 |