Submitted By-

Mahak Gupta
B.Arch 4th Year
Submitted To- 14 Arch 014
Ar. Aditi Arora A.C.A, Agra
Mass transit system refers to public shared
transportation, such as trains, buses, ferries etc that
can commute a larger number of passengers from
origin to destination on a no-reserved basis and in
lesser time. It can also be termed as Public
Transport.
Types of MRTS-
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)- BRT is a high-capacity urban
bus public transit service with dedicated right of way,
defined stations and traffic signal priority.
Light Rail Transit (HRT)- Light Rail technology also
known as trolleys or streetcars employs a relatively
short (one to three cars long) electrically propelled
rail vehicle for high-capacity inner-city or urban
transportation.
 Light rail transit (LRT) is a metropolitan electric
railway system characterized by its ability to
operate single cars or short trains along
exclusive rights-of-way at ground level, on aerial
structures, in subways or, occasionally, in
streets, and to board and discharge passengers
at track or car-floor level.
 It ensure fast, sustainable, reliable, secure and
high capacity service.
 Light Rail Transit is a term applied to a variety
of public transport systems using buses to
provide faster, more efficient service than an
ordinary heavy rail system.
Advantages Disadvantages

 Comfortable.  Higher capital cost.

 Higher passenger capacity.  Lower proportion of
 Lower operating cost per seats to standees.
passenger.
 Inflexibility of roots.
 Pollution free.
 Over take cannot be
 Less noise. done.
 Good aesthetic appearance
 Disruption to traffic
 Reduce traffic condition. and cal business
 Suit areas were level of during construction.
demand for heavy rail is
less.
 Can run on heavy rail
roots.
 Boston has several important light rail transit
(LRT) lines within a network of both light and
"heavy" rail rapid transit and regional
"commuter" rail lines operated by the
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
(MBTA).
 The MBTA's rail routes are color-coded, with
three full metro lines (Red, Orange, and Blue),
and with most of the LRT routes grouped into
the Green Line.
 Boston's LRT services currently carry the
heaviest LRT ridership in the USA. Furthermore,
in unit operating cost, LRT is significantly less
costly than bus services.
Map of LRT system in Boston
 The Green Line system
consists of about 25.4
miles (41.0 km) of
route, of which 5.0
miles (8.0 km) are
underground, and 1.3
miles (2.1 km) are
elevated.

 There are some 70

stations/stops along all
the routes of the
Green Line system,
and well over 200 light
rail vehicles (LRVs) are
operated.
Green Line LRT Services
 The Red Line is primarily a
"heavy" fully grade-
separated, rail rapid transit
line, a quite unique and
special LRT branch of the
Red Line also exists – the M
Line (Mattapan-Ashmont
High Speed Trolley), which
runs 2.6 miles (4.2 km)
from Ashmont to Mattapan,
with 8 station-stops.
Currently, this service uses
refurbished PCC cars (about
a dozen).
 The service currently carries
about 7,000 rider-trips a
day.
Red Line LRT Services
 The Orange Line totals 11.1
miles (6.9 km), with 1.9
miles (3.0 km) in tunnel,
4.6 miles (7.5 km)
elevated, and 22 stations.
End-to-end running time is
33 minutes, producing an
average schedule speed of
20.2 mph.

 The line runs from Malden

at Oak Grove on a surface
right-of-way along a former
Boston and Maine
commuter railway route.

Orange Line LRT Services

 The Blue Line totals 5.9 miles
(9.5 km), with 2.1 miles (3.4
km) underground, and 12
stations. End-to-end running
time is 23 minutes, producing
an average end-to-end
running speed of 15.4 mph.
 The line operates from
Bowdoin Station in downtown
Boston eastward, then
northeast to Wonderland in
Revere.
 The Blue Line operates
particularly short cars,
because of close clearances
within the alignment, some of
which was a former streetcar
line. Blue Line LRT Services
Thank You