Green Line C branch

Green Line C branch
An outbound train at Summit Avenue station in 2024
Overview
Locale	Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts
Termini	Government Center Cleveland Circle
Stations	20
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Green Line (MBTA subway)
Operator(s)	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Rolling stock	Kinki Sharyo Type 7 Ansaldobreda Type 8 CAF Type 9
Daily ridership	12,466 (2011 surface boardings)[1]
History
Opened	1888
Technical
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground (east of Saint Mary's Street) Dedicated median (west of Saint Mary's Street)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Show interactive map D and E branches Government Center Tremont Street subway Park Street Boylston Boylston Street subway Arlington Copley Copley Junction E branch Hynes Convention Center Kenmore B branch D branch Saint Mary's Street portal Saint Mary's Street Hawes Street Kent Street Saint Paul Street Coolidge Corner Summit Avenue Brandon Hall Fairbanks Street Washington Square Tappan Street Dean Road Englewood Avenue Cleveland Circle Reservoir D branch This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram map

The C branch, also called the Beacon Street Line or Cleveland Circle Line, is one of four branches of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Green Line light rail system in the Boston, Massachusetts metropolitan area. The line begins at Cleveland Circle in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston and runs on the surface through Brookline along the median of Beacon Street. Reentering Boston, the line goes underground through the Saint Mary's Street incline and joins the B and D branches at Kenmore. Trains run through the Boylston Street subway to Copley where the E branch joins, then continue through the Tremont Street subway to downtown Boston. The C branch has terminated at Government Center station since October 2021.

As of February 2023^[update], service operates on 7 to 8-minute headways at weekday peak hours and 10 to 11-minute headways at other times, using 8 to 11 trains (16 to 22 light rail vehicles).^[2]