The MBTA's Green Line finally goes all the way to Somerville

An MBTA Green Line train rides on the tracks beneath McGrath Highway in Somerville during testing runs of the Green Line Extension. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

At about 4:50 a.m. Monday morning, a group of passengers rode the first MBTA trolley from Somerville's Union Square Station toward Boston.

The first stop on the T's Green Line extension opened this week after nearly four years of construction, stretching the E branch from Lechmere Station in Cambridge out to Union Square in Somerville.

MBTA general manager Steve Poftak was on board the trolley with excited riders.

“What we see today is really a great thing,” said Poftak. “It’s a gratifying day I know for everyone here who’s from the area, but also for the MBTA.”

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