List of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority yards

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority uses a number of yards and facilities for maintenance and storage of its road and rail fleets.

Active yards

Bus

Many of these facilities are former streetcar carhouses that were gradually converted to trackless trolley and bus use, although some like Southampton are of recent construction. Of the former streetcar carhouses, only Arborway and Watertown were Green Line yards during part of the MBTA era. Everett was an Orange Line yard until 1975.

Name	Location	Routes served
Albany Street Garage	Albany Street, South End, Boston	Local, Mass Pike Express, and crosstown routes
Arborway Yard	Washington Street, Jamaica Plain, Boston	Local bus routes; former terminus of the Green Line E branch
Cabot Garage	Dorchester Avenue, South Boston	Local bus routes
Charlestown Garage	Arlington Avenue, Charlestown, Boston	Local bus routes
Everett Shops	Broadway, Everett	Heavy repair for buses and for subway components; former Orange Line terminus and yard
Fellsway Garage	Salem Street, Medford	Local bus routes
Lynn Garage	Western Avenue, Lynn	Local bus routes; North Shore express routes
North Cambridge Carhouse	Massachusetts Avenue, North Cambridge	Formerly storage and maintenance for Harvard-based trolleybus routes; being converted for battery buses
Quincy Garage	Hancock Street, Quincy	Quincy-based local bus routes
Somerville Garage at Charlestown	Arlington Avenue, Charlestown, Boston	Local bus routes
Southampton Bus Maintenance Facility	Southampton Street, South Bay, Boston	Silver Line dual mode buses; local bus routes
Watertown Yard	Galen Street, Watertown	Midday layover for local bus routes; former terminus of the Green Line A branch and Green Line heavy maintenance facility

Subway

The subway lines each have one maintenance facility and often several other yards used for overnight and midday storage. Tail tracks for temporary storage of trains are also present at and ; the Green Line has sidings at,, and.

Name	Location	Route	Use
Alewife Yard	north of	Red Line	layover/storage
Bowdoin Yard	west of	Blue Line	layover/storage
Cabot Yard	near	Red Line	maintenance and storage
Caddigan Yard	south of	Red Line	layover/storage
Codman Yard	south of	Red Line	layover/storage
Green Line Extension Vehicle Maintenance Facility	Inner Belt District	Green Line	maintenance and storage
Lake Street Yard	at	Green Line	maintenance and storage
Mattapan Yard	at	Mattapan Line	maintenance and storage
North Station Yard	at	Green Line	layover and storage
Orient Heights Yard	east of	Blue Line	maintenance and storage
Reservoir Yard	between and	Green Line	maintenance and storage
Riverside Yard	at	Green Line	maintenance and storage
Wellington Yard	at	Orange Line	maintenance and storage

Commuter rail

All MBTA Commuter Rail lines except the Lowell Line have a dedicated layover near the end of the line. Most provide ground power and other facilities, allowing trainsets to be stored overnight; others are simply several yard tracks off the mainline. The MBTA has one heavy maintenance facility on the northside, plus two light maintenance facilities on the southside. Equipment is transferred between the two sides via the Grand Junction Railroad.

Name	Location	Route	Use
Bradford Layover	at	Haverhill Line	layover/storage
Franklin Layover	east of	Franklin/Foxboro Line	layover/storage
Greenbush Layover	at	Greenbush Line	layover/storage
Kingston Layover	at	Kingston Line	layover/storage
MBTA Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility	Inner Belt, Somerville	northside lines	Heavy maintenance for all commuter rail equipment; layover/storage
Middleboro Layover	at	Fall River/New Bedford Line	layover/storage
Needham Layover	south of	Needham Line	layover/storage
Newburyport Layover	south of	Newburyport/Rockport Line	layover/storage
Pawtucket Layover	Pawtucket, Rhode Island	Providence/Stoughton Line	layover/storage
Readville Interim Repair Facility	north of	southside lines	Running maintenance and layover/storage. Expansion into a southside maintenance facility is planned.
Rochester Maintenance Facility	Cape Main Line in Rochester		Overhaul and maintenance
Rockport Layover	at	Newburyport/Rockport Line	layover/storage
Southampton Street Yard	south of South Station, Boston	southside lines	running maintenance and midday storage – primarily an Amtrak heavy maintenance facility
Stoughton Layover	at	Providence/Stoughton Line	layover
Wamsutta Layover	North of	Fall River/New Bedford Line	layover/storage
Weaver's Cove Layover	North of	Fall River/New Bedford Line	layover/storage
West Cambridge Maintenance Facility	south of	northside lines	Maintenance of way equipment storage
Westminster Layover	west of	Fitchburg Line	layover/storage
Worcester Layover	east of	Framingham/Worcester Line	layover/storage

Future yards

Name	Location	Routes served
Beacon Park Yard	At Beacon Park Yard	Midday layover for the Worcester Line. To be constructed by 2032 as part of the realignment of I-90.
Medford garage	440 Riverside Avenue, Medford	Will replace Lynn Garage and Fellsway Garage. The MBTA purchased the property in August 2025.
Quincy Bus Maintenance Facility	North of	Will replace Quincy Garage. Expected completion in 2027.
Widett Circle	Inside Widett Circle	Layover yard for southside lines. The MBTA Board authorized negotiations for property purchase in December 2022. The MBTA took possession of the property in April 2023.

Former yards

Name	Location	Routes	Use	Closed & reason
Attleboro Layover	south of	Providence/Stoughton Line	layover/storage	2006; replaced by Pawtucket Layover
Bennett Carhouse	south of Harvard Square, Cambridge	Harvard-based streetcar and trackless trolley routes	maintenance and storage	1970; Eliot Shops closed
Eliot Shops	south of Harvard Square, Cambridge	Red Line	maintenance and storage	1970; redevelopment
Fitchburg Layover	east of	Fitchburg Line	layover/storage	2016; replaced by [\|Wachusett Layover]
Forest Hills Shops	south of	Orange Line	maintenance and storage	1987; completion of the southwest Corridor
Haverhill Layover	north of	Haverhill Line	layover/storage	1987; replaced by Bradford Layover
Ipswich Layover	south of	Newburyport/Rockport Line	layover/storage	1998; extension to Newburyport
Lechmere Yard	at	Green Line	layover/storage	2020; relocation of Lechmere station
Sullivan Square Shops	at	Orange Line and streetcars	maintenance and storage	1975; completion of the Haymarket North Extension
Bartlett Yard	Roxbury near	MBTA bus and streetcars	maintenance and storage	2005; operations moved to Arborway Yard in 2003