Boston University students using the Green Line of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority may have noticed an increase in trains on Monday as a result of an attempt by the MBTA to make traveling by T a better experience for its riders.
“As I’ve talked with Green Line customers over the past year, train capacity is an issue that is frequently raised,” said MBTA General Manager Richard Davey in a March 16 press release. “We have received that message loud and clear, and the MBTA is responding.”
Changes include an increase in the frequency of three-car trains from 13 to 32 trips daily during the week according to the press release.
The E Line, which previously didn’t have three-car trains, will now have the longer trains introduced.
The three-car trains only began to run on the Green Line last year for the first time in “many years,” according to the press release.
Students expressed excitement about the introduction of more trains on the B line.
“If the addition of new cars will speed things up, I think it’s a great thing because I’ve waited up to 30 minutes sometimes for a train and I always take the green line,” said College of Arts and Sciences junior Katie Kim.
“I think it’ll help. . . .today I was on two trains and they both stopped and then I had to get off because they were running express so hopefully it will fix that problem a little bit. So maybe now they’ll come more often, that would be really convenient,” said Kristen Kruczkowski, a freshman is CAS.
However, others were less optimistic about the changes.
“I’m moving because the Green Line is so terrible,” said Allyson Grossman, a 2010 graduate of the School of Management and Suffolk Law School student.
“I’ve lived on the B Line for four years and I’m not renewing my lease for June because in the past month it has broken down five times on my way to get to school and I’ve been late for class.”
“The B Line is terrible the C and the D are not that bad but the B line is absolutely terrible,” Grossman said.
“I use the T everyday and I still have no idea how the train works. Sometimes it comes right away and other times I have to wait 15 to 30 minutes so who knows if it will help or not,” said College of Engineering freshman Andrew Russo.
“They can add more trains all they want but if they keep breaking down then everything is going to get backed up anyway and its not going to make a big difference,” Grossman said.
“I think it’ll help if it makes it less congested. . .but if they’re going to keep breaking down. . .I’m not even going to wait to see if it will be better, I’m just going to move.”
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