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The MBTA hopes to build a new station that would connect the Blue Line with the Red Line at Charles/MGH Station.

The project aims to reduce commuter travel time and number of transfers for trips between East Boston and Revere and Cambridge.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is holding public hearings, discussing a proposed project that would connect the Blue Line with the Red Line at Charles/MGH Station.

The closure is needed so crews can performing major track improvements, MBTA General Manager and CEO Phillip Eng said.

Commuters on a section of the MBTA's Red Line are being impacted by a closure Monday on the Ashmont Branch and the entire Mattapan Line, which began Saturday.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on Monday revealed what its new Green Line “supercars” will look like when they eventually start rolling down the tracks.

Riders were invited to select one of three exterior paint designs for the new cars through an online survey.

The closure is needed so crews can performing major track improvements, MBTA General Manager and CEO Phillip Eng said.

The closure is needed so crews can performing major track improvements, MBTA General Manager and CEO Phillip Eng said.

A representative of the MBTA said the changes, which add a half-hour to some commutes into Boston, were made to increase train frequency.